Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion

Mr. Frank Curran:

I mentioned Shanganagh, and 306 of those will be cost rental. In the Enniskerry Road scheme, in partnership with Tuath and Respond, 50 of those are cost rental. The delivery mechanism will be the AHBs operating through CREL, ourselves in the mixed-tenure units and the LDA. The LDA has applied for planning permission for 900 units on the Central Mental Hospital site, the intention being affordable as well. The LDA will be a big provider of cost rental as we go down the line.

Similar to Dublin City Council, we went out a year, a year and a half or two years ago looking for turnkey opportunities for social, affordable and cost rental. There was very little interest from the market but many people we spoke to are now coming back because of the changes and asking are there possibilities now for turnkey cost rental and affordable. That change in the market presents opportunities.

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