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Development boss says he doesn't want any more affordable housing in Greater Manchester borough - because 'the council gets no money from it'

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Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda Rochdale's development tsar has said the town does not want anymore affordable housing as "the council gets no money from it".

Paul Ormerod, who heads up the council-backed Rochdale Development Agency, said the town needed "unaffordable housing" to drive up tax receipts and bring in Manchester commuters.

Speaking at a Conservative Party conference event he said: "People talk a lot about affordable housing, no we want unaffordable housing. For more Greater Manchester politics news from The Northern Agenda visit this link. "That's because 83pc of the borough's housing stock is actually in council tax bands A and B, the council gets no money from it." He added: "We've got a big initiative

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