Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Brian O'Gorman:

To echo Mr. Culhane's point, we are still out of step when it comes to cost rental and social rental proceeding together, which creates huge frustrations. I would like to see us ultimately get rid of the difference between social rental and cost rental. People should be housed because they need housing and then a support system should be put in place for those who need it. We have an artificial mix. No local authority wants to go back to a situation where we build large, monotenure estates and we support them in that. We want our estates and our developments to represent all components of society, meaning social rental, cost rental and owner-occupied as well.

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