Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion

Mr. Eddie Taaffe:

One scheme that we are looking at with local authorities relates to affordable sites, so where local housing might not work for whatever reason, the local authority would become the enabler of acquiring and servicing land and then selling it at cost price so that people can get affordable sites on the edge of a town. Many people would like an affordable site on the edge of a town, but they are not available. The local authority would become the enabler of that by buying land, servicing it and making the sites available at cost price.

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