Prince William plans to build social housing on his 130,000-acre Duchy of Cornwall as part of a five-year plan to end homelessness.

The Prince of Wales said he wanted to “start small” by building social housing on his land, and would then scale it up if it works.

“The key thing is making this sustainable,” he told the Sunday Times. ““It’s all very well doing big gestures, but there’s no point if … there’s no future to it.”

He told the newspaper he is determined to “make a difference … that doesn’t set people up that are homeless for another fall”.