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Report: Less Than 50 Affordable Homes Built On Dublin Commuter Belt

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08:33 9 May 2022


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It follows a report by the Irish Independent on government builds. 

First-time buyers in the Dublin commuter belt will have less than 50 affordable homes delivered each year.

This includes counties such as Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, Louth, Westmeath and Laois.

A 'tiny' number of new affordable homes delivered under Government targets between now and 2026.

The report suggests less than 1,400 affordable homes will be delivered in the county's main cities each year.

Over 1,000 of the affordable homes built in the next four years will be in Dublin.

Meath and Wicklow will each see just 30 homes built every year.

Kildare and Louth will each have just 45 homes, while Westmeath will have 15, and Laois only 8.

Elsewhere Cork will only receive 113 homes, Limerick 53, Galway 75, and Waterford 15.

Architect and housing policy analyst Mel Reynolds branded the Government’s housing targets as “tiny”.


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