▁ten ants ▁to ▁ease ▁the ▁local ▁housing ▁problem . ▁This ▁began ▁with ▁the ▁purchase ▁of ▁land ▁at ▁K ates ▁Hill ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Bre wer y ▁Field s ▁Est ate ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁where ▁the ▁bor ough ' s ▁first ▁council ▁houses ▁were ▁completed ▁by ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁ ▁cent red ▁on ▁streets ▁including ▁Corporation ▁Road , ▁Bun ns ▁Lane ▁and ▁High field ▁Road , ▁where ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 ▁houses ▁were ▁built . ▁However , ▁the ▁war ▁effort ▁meant ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁more ▁council ▁housing ▁develop ments ▁in ▁D ud ley ▁until ▁after ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 1 8 . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁" Hom es ▁for ▁Hero es " ▁had ▁been ▁built ▁by ▁the ▁bor ough ▁council . ▁These ▁included ▁further ▁develop ments ▁at ▁K ates ▁Hill ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁N eth erton , ▁Wood side ▁and ▁Bow ling ▁Green . ▁However , ▁thousands ▁of ▁families ▁in ▁the ▁bor ough ▁still ▁lived ▁in ▁un fit ▁housing , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁the ▁boundary ▁of ▁D ud ley ▁and ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁Sed g ley ▁district ▁had ▁been ▁alter ed ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁land ▁which ▁would ▁form ▁the ▁Pri ory ▁Est ate , ▁where ▁the ▁first ▁families ▁were ▁hous ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁By ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁World