Policy Exchange calls for sell off to fund new homes

Lucrative social housing developments in expensive areas of the UK's inner cities should be sold off to fund the development of new homes in other regions, according to the right-leaning thinktank Policy Exchange.

Speaking at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference in Harrogate, Matt Oakley, head of enterprise, growth and social policy, said that 75% of the public believe that social tenants should not be offered housing worth more than the average home in any borough. Read More: