First-time buyers will have to put their names down for each affordable development

Government wants to avoid building up a long waiting list like that for social housing so applicants will have to reapply each time

Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, is promising that the new affordable housing scheme will help struggling buyers who are currently locked out of the market. Picture: Rollingnews.ie

First-time buyers wishing to avail of the affording housing scheme face the prospect of having to repeatedly put down their names for each new development, it has emerged.

Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, has promising that scheme will help struggling buyers who are currently locked out of the market.

The state will pay for up to 30 per cent of the cost of a home upfront, with first-time buyers taking out a mortgage for ...