Part V of the housing Act was meant to make a percentage of new homes built more affordable, yet the legislation has had the opposite effect – rather than increasing the supply of homes and affordable housing, some counties have seen planning applications dry up as builders and local authorities differ on interpretation of Part V. Places such as Cork, Limerick, Ennis and County Kerry, where all residential land is zoned, have seen this effect while counties Meath, Wicklow and Kildare have seen planning applications fall by as much as 60%.