Housing policy has left a generation born in the 1970s living in “apartheid cities”, says a new Fabian Society report.

Some social housing works well, but for many people our housing policy has been disastrous, says In the Mix.

Poor housing affects health, employment and other life chances, says the report from Fabian research fellow James Gregory.

Tenants in today’s isolated, badly connected estates suffer a social apartheid, leaving them with reduced chances of employment, and increased chances of poor health, argues In the Mix.

James Gregory, author of the report, adds that this economic moment is a vital one to reassess housing strategy: “The collapse of the market has left us an opportunity to reassess and change public housing of the future so that the next generation do not suffer the life chances penalties that the current generation have encountered.”

Read an extract from In the Mix

Read Nick Raynsford MP's Introduction

Hear Nick Raynsford on the Today Programme

Read coverage of the report in the Independent on Sunday and The Mirror

Read James Gregory in Inside Housing

Listen Now!  to highlights of a panel discussion on the report.