Architecture and Renovation: Importing fresh ideas for getting people housed
Other countries facilitate shared ownership and the building of housing schemes where some facilities are owned in common, writes Stephen Bourke.
Housing campaigners say there’s a crisis of affordability for those stuck in the doldrums between the social housing list and mortgage approval. They’re not waiting for the government to do something about it, though. Two groups want to bring development models popular in other countries to Ireland: housing co-operatives and co-housing.
“There’s this grey area between people that aren’t able to be on a housing list, and people that just don’t have capital ...
