Civil servants cut key advice from Housing Agency report
Recommendation that state take more direct role in housing development removed from final report; Department did not want to consider cost of development land in report on housing costs
It has emerged that the Department of Housing edited the conclusions of a Housing Agency report to downplay recommendations that the state – through local and regional authorities – should set plans for housebuilding, rather than leaving it to private builders.
Documents seen by The Sunday Business Post show that a months-long editing process between officials from the two bodies resulted in the removal of a conclusions section that emphasised a deeper study ...
