The most preferable form of social and affordable housing schemes are those in urban areas. These successful schemes take the form of in-fill developments in cities and large urban centres and only involve the building of between 12 to 24 local authority houses. These schemes are very manageable because they provide good quality housing, rejuvenate our cities and contribute to social integration. I was informed by many of the larger urban local authorities that with a greater degree of flexibility they could achieve a higher volume of delivery, provide more affordable housing, encourage better social integration and rejuvenate areas that had been dying. That makes a great deal of sense.