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The new report from the Land Development Agency is full of lofty ideals but short on demonstrable plans for delivering housing, writes Cianan Brennan
Land Development Agency announces plans to open office in Limerick Reporter: '); THE Land Development Agency has announced its plans to open an office in Limerick. The plan will facilitate more flexible working arrangements for staff, but most importantly the move recognises the role of the LDA as a national agency with a mandate to help boost the scale of cities outside Dublin, in line with Project Ireland 2040’s ambition for growth outside Dublin. When public health restrictions allow, the LDA will open offices in Limerick and Corkthis year, with more bases outside Dublin planned in the...
Tuesday December 29, 2020, 12:01 AM Social housing Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Up to 25,000 new homes will be built by the end of next year, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said. Mr Martin said the Government’s target is a “challenging” figure. Around 12,750 will be social homes and of those 9,750 will be direct builds by approved housing bodies or local authorities. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a big impact on this year’s target, with around 18,000 new homes expected to be completed by the end of the year. Mr Martin said that while the number of homeless people has dropped since March...
Mr Martin said the Government's target is a "challenging" figure. Around 12,750 will be social homes. Of those, 9,750 will be direct builds by approved housing bodies or local authorities. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a big impact on this year's target, with around 18,000 new homes expected to be completed by the end of this month. Mr Martin said that while the number of homeless people has dropped since March, the Government is giving "everything we can". Deliver "We have pledged around €3.3bn for housing in 2021. The key issue will be capacity to deliver to get the houses built," he said...