New housing measures fail to address challenges businesses are facing - Cork Chamber

Cork Chamber CEO, Conor Healy said: “If we don’t build suitable, affordable accommodation we will lose skilled workers to countries that can deliver housing." 

'It won’t make a significant difference in Cork to the 8,000 units with planning permission that await activation.' File picture: Tom Coakley

Cork Chamber said the Government's new housing measures lack ambition and has warned that a large cohort of the working population will still remain locked out of the housing market.

The business representative body said a greater level of investment was needed than those outlined. While they said the waiving of the development levy will kick-start some dormant planning applications it won’t make a significant difference in Cork to the 8,000 units with planning permission that await activation.