During the 1950s and 1960s, Bethnal Green was being rebuilt, and the slum clearances which had begun before the war accelerated, with many housing estates being erected in the area, leading to the formation of community associations in which Oxford House became closely involved. There were no longer the numbers of University graduates coming to reside and learn by gaining experience of working in the community, and financially the House continued to struggle. Eventually, this resulted in a three-month closure in 1972.
