If you work for Newham council's housing department, you might expect your correspondence to avoid the attentions of the media.
But when Frank MacCool, the borough's housing supply manager, sent a letter to the chief executive of the Brighter Futures housing association in March, he ensured that the topic of housing in the Olympic borough made news.
MacCool's letter outlined Newham's plan to move housing benefit claimants to Stoke-on-Trent as it could no longer afford local accommodation, partly owing to "overheating of the private rented sector … with the onset of the Olympic Games".
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