The fact that the Bradford district needs more homes is not in dispute – what is the sticking point is the question of what type of homes and where they should be.

The developers, of course, want to maximise their profits, and often see as the way to do this as building high-specification, high-cost homes in desirable locations, which is all well and good for those who can afford them.

But new research by the homelessness charity Shelter backs up what the Telegraph & Argus has been saying for a long time – the houses needed are affordable ones to enable families and young people to get on the first rung of the property ladder.

People are being priced out of the property market and the preference of developers to build homes that are out of the financial reach of ordinary people is only going to exacerbate the problem.

The Telegraph & Argus has also long been advocating that the place to build new homes is not on green fields, as desirable as they might be to those with the money to afford them.

There are many existing post-industrial brownfield sites just crying out to be developed on, and these are the perfect sites for affordable housing.

Such sites are often close to the district’s city and town centres and already have the benefit of having nearby existing infrastructure such as shops, services and established transport networks.

Unless something is done to encourage the housebuilders to look at sites and house types which are more realistic to the average pocket, the affordable homes crisis is only going to get much worse.