Claim: The Airey houses were designed by Sir Edwin Airey, an American civil engineer and industrialist, as a solution to the poor conditions in the rural areas due to the 1930s depression followed by wartime neglect.
Evidence: Sir Edwin Airey (7 February 1878 – 14 March 1955) was a British civil engineer and industrialist responsible for the Airey prefabricated houses constructed in the UK after the Second World War.