Seanad debates

Tuesday, 10 December 2002

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage.

 

With local authority housing there is a narrowing of space which is most unjust. There is a scheme of 50 houses being built in Newcastle West, which is a classic example. Many say this is marvellous, but the difficulty will be in filling those houses with tenants. If there is affordable housing on the one side and people with mortgages on the other, the 25 people concerned will often be the seed corn of the estate because they will be the ones out working. That is one dimension to affordable housing and good luck to them. Quite often the size of an estate built in a rural location has the potential to create problems.

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