In my last piece, I outlined some of the key points of the Housing Commission’s main policy report. In particular, I assessed what a ‘reset’ might look like when it comes to Irish housing policy. The country is in the middle of perhaps six or seven decades when a phenomenal amount of new housing is required. That requirement is due not only to a reversal from failing to plan for a rising population but also because of underlying demographic changes, reflected in falling household size. The net effect is that in the region of 60,000 new homes are required each…
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