Housing State to sink another €450m into leasing of 1,000 social housing unitsTaoiseach Micheál Martin has committed to phasing out the practice, which Eurostat said lined developers’ pockets but delivered no benefit to the state
Housing No records kept of Croí Cónaithe meeting with industry lobbyistsProperty industry and banks helped design the scheme, which gives developers subsidies of between €25,000 and €144,000 per unit to build apartments
Housing Investment funds can buy unsold Croí Cónaithe apartments after one yearNo provision has been made in controversial scheme to make developers sell unsold apartments to state or reduce prices
Housing Agency vacant property fund falling short of targetNumber of acquisitions decreased each year due to ‘reducing availability of suitable units from banks and equity funds,’ Department of Housing says
Planning sought for new Balbriggan urban quarter The Land Development Agency plans to build more than 800 affordable homes, amenities and green space overlooking the Irish Sea
Cost rental system could reduce rents by up to 60 per cent, report findsThe report, produced by a Brussels-based think tank for the Housing Agency, focused on cost rental case studies in three European countries