A special standalone Cabinet meeting is to be held to approve the Government’s much-delayed Housing for All plan this week. According to sources, the Government’s objective is to achieve purchase prices in the range of €250,000 to €325,000 in Dublin. Half of those unused permissions are in Dublin, and this equates to four years’ supply for Dublin, sources have suggested. Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin said the Government must double the fund for social and affordable housing. Mr Ó Broin said promises to slash the 18-month approval process for housing schemes by the Department of Housing have come to nothing.

Source: Irish Examiner August 30, 2021 02:48 UTC