National Development Plan Centres on Housing Delivery

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National Development Plan centres on housing delivery

Housing delivery is the centrepiece of the National Development Plan, boosting spending on housing infrastructure by over €40 billion over the next five years to address the chronic shortage of new homes.

National Development Plan fails to map out road to housing delivery

Throwing billions of euros at the housing crisis without announcing a radical reset in policy will result in the same shortcomings successive governments have been defined by, according to Social Democrats housing spokesperson Rory Hearne. Deputy Hearne said: “While an increase in funding is required to deliver the level of housing Ireland needs, the primary reason we find ourselves in this catastrophe is due to policy. “The National Development…