<p>Housing Corporation (HC) chief executive Jon Rouse has rubbished reports that homes reserved for key workers are being sold to highly paid professionals. A BBC investigation claimed that 40% of flats designated for key workers at Berkeley’s Chelsea Bridge Wharf development in London had gone to people who did not meet the government’s criteria. This led to calls for an investigation into how the money was used. Dr Phyllis Starkey, MP for Milton Keynes south west, said: “I would want to know it was satisfied that £2 million of public subsidy had been well used in this particular development.” But Rouse insisted: “All the Housing Corporation funded homes in Chelsea Bridge Wharf went to people who met strict criteria, which included targeting a range of people, such as those on low incomes and first time buyers as well as key workers.” He added: “The government programme to help key workers has been a tremendous success story. Since 2001 over 22,500 people have got the homes they</p> <p>need close to their workplace. Surveys of employers have consistently shown that this has had a direct impact on their ability to recruit and retain key staff.” HC spokesperson Katy Nicholson said that Threshold …