Covid-19 'exacerbating' long-term housing issues

Young people are increasingly living at home with parents in 'inelastic' housing markets, the report found. Picture: PA

Ireland is likely to see issues in its housing supply exacerbated by the pandemic, according to an international report.

In a new report looking at difficulties in providing affordable housing among countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Ireland is seen as faring better than many of its international counterparts, and to have installed a number of measures to increase housing security during the pandemic.