There are (at least) a couple of things I'd take issue with here.

Firstly, council and 'social' housing is not necessarily subsidised - take a look at this article for further info. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/j....tenanttax

Secondly, as people have already pointed out, it is not necessarily a bad thing to have higher earners living on estates as it can save them from being exclusively occupied by people on benefits and earning low incomes. People with higher incomes living in council housing was not unusual in the days before this form of tenure became that of last resort.

I'd be interested to know how the figures, of how many high earners there are in council or HA housing were obtained. Councils and HAs do not routinely compel tenants to disclose their income. They would not know this via benefit claims, as said high earners would not be claiming benefits.

So can someone tell me how the number of high earners was arrived at?