The go ahead has been given by ministers to build 2,000 council houses across England.

The project is to cover forty seven areas and its being described as one of the biggest projects of its kind for over 20 years.

Social housing as now normally built by housing associations which accounted for almost 40,000 properties in 2008

The government has decided to split them into areas and the Midlands is going to have around 12 projects, the North West is planned to have 7 and Yorkshire and Humber will have 6, the South West is to have 6, the North East will have 4, and South East will also have 4 and last of all 1 in eastern England.