Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

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

Mr. Frank Curran:

Generally, the demand for affordable housing and cost rental is in the greater Dublin area and the larger cities where prices are higher.

That is the kind of in-depth exercise we need to do now. We need to look at the market, house prices, the supply of housing units over the next number of years, household formations, and the type and size of houses needed. That exercise will be done and that will determine where we need to provide affordable housing because we want to provide it in the areas where it is needed. As I said earlier, the serviced sites fund and the outlines in the Bill on eligibility, priority and so forth all help and we are going to acquire land in that context. Affordable housing, as per the Bill, can be provided through approved housing bodies, AHBs, the cost rental equity loan, CREL, which we mentioned, the LDA or local authorities via the serviced sites fund. It is a combination of everything but we need to look at the demand and target development at the areas where it is needed.

I will hand over to my colleague, Mr. Taaffe, to answer the design and build question.

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