High Rise Blocks Should Be Torn Down

High rise social housing blocks should be demolished to make way for low rise flats and terraced housing, an influential right-wing think tank has claimed. In a report, Create streets, Policy Exchange argues tower blocks lead to higher crime rates, weaker communities, and poorer health and educational achievement, and says they should be torn down.  The report says terraced streets can exceed the housing densities of most existing high-rise blocks, and tower blocks are expensive to build and maintain.  Download a copy of the report from the Policy Exchange website.