Mentioning employment in this context is just another way of trying to confuse the issue.
LOL. Just what is the issue here?
Tim, it seems that you would like to build more housing. That is fine but the title of this thread is 'Does FH Soc want more affordable houses'.
Am not sure what the answer is to that, but in reality it is irrelevant as it is not their choice. Unless the government of the day chooses otherwise, such matters are surely principally driven by market forces. As a consequence a good deal of local housing is already split into flats and/or extended out and up. I feel sure this trend will continue and there is little that a local society can do about that even if they wanted to.