<p><br /> The Government will give more details of social housing reform later after David Cameron said he wanted to stop granting council homes for life.<br /> </p><p><br /> A national scheme is being introduced to connect tenants in different areas who are keen to swap properties for employment or personal reasons.<br /> </p><p><br /> Housing minister Grant Shapps is to say the initiative will help resolve the "contradiction" where a quarter of a million families lived in overcrowded accommodation, while more than 400,000 homes were larger than the occupants needed.<br /> </p><p><br /> "Social housing should provide more than a roof over people's heads - it should lift them out of poverty and free them to take chances to improve the quality of their own lives," Mr Shapps will insist.<br /> </p><p><br /> The announcement comes after the Prime Minister told the audience at a public question and answer session in Birmingham today that there should be "fixed term" tenancy deals so that individuals can be moved on if their circumstances change.<br /> </p><p><br /> "At the moment we have a system very much where, if you get a council house or an affordable house, it is yours forever and in some cases people actually hand them down to their children," Mr Cameron said.<br /> </p><p><br /> He added: "There is a question mark about whether, in future, should we be asking, actually, when you are given a council home, is it for fixed period, because maybe in five or ten years you will be doing a different job and be better paid and you won't need that home, you will be able to go into the private sector."<br /> </p>
