Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion
1:30 pm
Mr. Brian O'Gorman:
We had a project in Lancaster Gate, where there was similar demand. As a future tenure, there is significant pent-up demand and it appeals to a number of sections of the population. That will only grow in time as more people become aware of cost rental.
The only other constraint on us is that all of us on the AHB side develop with 100% debt. There is 100% lending on every single unit we develop. We need to see a movement towards a portion of that becoming non-debt equity or grant that we do not have to repay. Otherwise, we will not be able to continue developing. This is the major constraint at the moment. It is an institutional one built into the organisations rather than a capacity constraint.
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