As the government blocks funding for major social-housing projects, FF and FG councillors point fingers at ministers
As many as 1,325 social homes in Dublin city are at an advanced stage, with planning granted – but now with no clear funding.
There are lessons to be learned from Amsterdam, London and Birmingham on how local authorities can effectively build lots of homes.
Instead of producing housing where need is greatest, our housing system is producing – by a multiple of three – development on the periphery of settlements.
“BusConnects gives Dublin an opportunity to make a democratic decision about where we want the value, which we have all created, to end up,” writes Joseph Kilroy.
Other cities are waking up to the connection between tech growth, inequality, and housing – and looking at how companies can step up to help.
“It is time to connect the dots, and stop the long arm of property assets reaching into the pockets of citizens,” writes Joseph Kilroy.