Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Cost Rental Housing Model: Discussion
9:00 am
Maria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I know Deputy Ryan was not at that break-out session, but I am just relaying what was said by some who are professionals in this area, including approved housing bodies, the Construction Industry Federation, An Taisce, chartered surveyors and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. I am just relaying the commonality. These are people who work in the sector. With regard to the housing summit and licensing agreements, where we have State-owned land or lands with more than 100 units, 23 initiatives are under way for delivery on licensing agreements. There are many pieces to this and cost rental is one of them. I believe cost rental is a huge piece of the solution to the crisis. I commend those involved with St. Michael's Estate on their commitment to the regeneration of the site and I wish them the very best of luck. I do not know whether anybody wants to come back in on any particular comments to finish up.
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