Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency
Mr. John Coleman:
It is. We do not view affordable housing as an impediment on sites but as an enabler. For example, we are looking to deliver cost rental accommodation at the Shanganagh site. We cannot approach the elected members in Dún Laoghaire and say we will deliver whatever we feel like on that site, because whatever we do must be acceptable to them. More affordable options or mid-market options, as I like to call them, are acceptable to the councillors. If we do not provide a solution around the affordable element, we will be unable to access the site. Affordable housing is a key enabler for us. It is a commercial strategy to deliver tools for this, which is a big focus for us.
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