Call for national housing authority

A report commissioned by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland wants increased government support for developers and builders of new homes in order to improve the national housing stock.

Call for national housing authority

It also wants local authorities banned from imposing more restrictive planning requirements than the national standards.

“While, politically, it is seen as more attractive to award purchasers’ grants or tax concessions than to support developers or builders, we would argue that a new approach or new deal is now clearly required,” said SCSI president Andrew Nugent.

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