Two-year wait for affordable housing

Young couples seeking to purchase affordable housing sites in Co Cork will have to wait at least two years because the Government has so far failed to provide the funding to the council.

In its 2018 budget, the Government announced it was restarting the affordable housing scheme. This offers people who are above the threshold for social housing qualification, but who do not earn enough to buy a home on the current market, the opportunity to acquire subsidised sites.