London Council Plans to Build Houses for Its Tenants outside Capital

A London borough is planning to build hundreds of council houses outside the capital for the first time to meet a critical housing shortage. Westminster council said it could no longer build enough affordable homes in the city to keep up with demands so it had decided to look at buying land in the commuter belt. The scheme, now out for consultation, has to overcome planning and logistical obstacles and may be opposed by councils where the homes would be built. Read more on The Times website.