Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In reading the Bill there are a number of measures I am very pleased with, principally the resurrection of the 2011 affordable housing measures that were retired by the Government in 2011. I would see one of the key measures of the Bill being a supply side instrument, which is the shared equity, local authority-led affordable housing scheme. I imagine that this is one of the principal areas where supply will be increased. It is also one of the principal focuses of the Bill. It does not, however, seem to feature in the ESRI submission that was provided to the committee. Does Dr. O'Toole have any comment on that?

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