Inflation crisis making delivery of social and cost rental homes 'increasingly challenging'

Respond owns or manages more than 6,500 homes across the country. Its current building programme has a value in excess of €1bn.

A leading approved housing body (AHB) has said the ongoing inflationary crisis, which has seen construction costs hiked exponentially over the past 12 months, is making the delivery of social and cost rental homes “increasingly challenging”.

Housing association Respond said at the launch of its annual report that it currently has 1,422 new social and cost rental homes under construction.