We all know what the Brighton and Hove City Council's "imaginative step" of providing new homes in other districts means.

In case anyone is still unsure, director of housing Gary Thurston explained it to us at the Tenant Participation Conference in the summer.

Those of us who can no longer afford to live in the city after our council has sold off all its stock to housing associations will be able to go and live in Newcastle.

After all, there are lots of empty houses there.

-Ruth Arundell, Brighton