Kerry Council’s social housing policy labelled ‘a bit like China’

Kerry County Council has been warned it needs to accommodate larger families as its policy of building two-or three-bedroom homes is restricting the family size of young couples to just one child, “a bit like China”.

Kerry Council’s social housing policy labelled ‘a bit like China’

A meeting of the Killarney Municipal District was also told that while most long-standing demand is for one or two-bedroom houses, the council was finding it very difficult to find units to suit large families.

Families with a number of children were having to remain in two and three-bedroom houses with no hope of being granted permission to extend their homes.

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