Housing minister Darragh O’Brien
First-time buyers are facing less and less choice as the State is buying one in four new houses, according to a senior lecturer in housing https://t.co/bhIWqtYykQ
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This morning.
Via RTE News:
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Dr Lorcan Sirr said the State’s role in the housing market has gone from about 11% five years ago to nearly 25% now.
“So the State is buying one in four of all brand new houses. At the same time we see the amount of houses being bought by first-time buyers is going down and we see the number of housing coming for sale on the market has reduced considerably.”
Dr Sirr said data from the Department of Housing reveals that two local authorities, including Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien’s own Fingal County Council and Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s Cork City Council, did not build any social housing last year, or buy any.
He said South Dublin County Council, “which has 5,000 households on the housing waiting list”, built just two and bought none.
Housing expert says first-time buyers facing ‘less and less’ choice (RTE)