Policy Exchange’s new report extends the Building Beautiful programme to its latest sector: council housing. With council estates long marred by perceptions of 1960s Brutalist tower blocks and crippling antisocial behaviour, the report calls for a new generation of exemplary council housing that will restore the traditional, humanist social and design ideals that marked the early iterations of English public housing. The report argues that by so doing, not only will we help solve the affordability riddle that lies at the heart of the housing crisis, but we will provide the growth, prosperity and social mobility that will help turbo-charge the economy and support some of the most disadvantaged people in society. All while creating stronger, more sustainable neighbourhoods and improving our shared built environment.

The launch of this report was covered by:

• The Times (1)
• The Times (2)
• The Daily Telegraph
• City A.M.
• The Express
• LBC
• Inside Housing
• Local Gov
• The Spectator