Barnsley Council bosses have defended their decision to demolish 30 terraced houses in Goldthorpe.
It is set to replace them with nine new council homes, as the waiting list for a council property reaches 10,000.
Approval was given earlier in the week to use the council’s compulsory purchasing order (CPO) powers to buy the 16 homes.
However, questions were raised about the decision to spend almost £3m buying and demolishing 30 homes – to replace them with just nine.
