File containing correspondence, news cuttings and reference information relating to campaign for compensation by Plymouth residents living in Cornish Unit and Orlit prefabricated reinforced concrete housing built by Plymouth City Council, which had been identified as susceptible to structural failings by the Building Research Establishment. Includes:

• correspondence between David Owen and representatives of the Cornish Unit Action Association, a group of Plymouth owners of Cornish Unit houses, [Apr-May 1984]
• correspondence between David Owen and the Minister for Housing and Construction Ian Gow discussing possible action and the recommendations of the Housing Defect Bill , 1984, to resolve the problem
• Hansard extracts on the debate on the Housing Defect Bill, 1984
• correspondence between David Owen and individual Plymouth residents living in Cornish Unit homes
• cuttings from local newspapers concerning the Plymouth campaign for compensation and David Owen's involvement in it
• and further reference information and correspondence.