Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Brian Geaney:

Our overall affordable housing figure is 1,737, less the 378 units for affordable purchase. With the AHB sector and the LDA, most units will be cost rental. Our biggest issue at the moment is getting activation for the planning permissions that are in place in the city. Some 8,000 units have planning. There is engagement with some developers, with a view to getting cost rental units to follow on from Lancaster Quay. However, the interest rate increase by the HFA and hyperinflation in construction are presenting challenges. We will have a significant opportunity to get some of those planning permissions activated with the LDA.

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