Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Implementing Housing for All: Discussion
Mr. Coil?n O'Reilly:
There is an element of looking into a crystal ball. We still have to tender for these projects and see what the price comes in at. Without predicting where construction inflation will go in the next year, we will probably have a year of planning and will be tendering six months or a year later. It is very difficult. As it sits, we are at approximately €1,300 per month. The target is to be 25% below market rent on cost rental and 15% below on affordable sale. We are aware of those targets and that we have to make them. It is not an issue of affordability; it is that the cost of delivery has a knock-on effect.
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