Housing Policy
Dail Éireann — 2023-07-06
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

I hope we can move off the script now to have a real conversation. Of the 30,000 homes delivered, 7,000 of those were social housing, including approved housing bodies, AHBs. However, 73% of those were bought or leased. In other words, what the State is actually delivering on a not-for-profit basis is a tiny proportion. The councils only built 1,680 houses. Some 8,000 were build-to-rent, and the rest were big private developments. I have quoted the prices. If the majority of building is done by commercial entities, it is not affordable. The average price in the country is €308,000. That is a lot. In Dublin it is €498,000. In my area it is €610,000. Cherrywood is the biggest residential development in the country, and houses are on sale starting at €650,000 and upwards. That is not affordable.

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Sitting date: 2023-07-06