State urged to fund tens of thousands of 'uncommenced' planning permissions

With measures already in place, those in power are also under justified pressure to try something new as well as reinstating the Help-to-Buy scheme; one of the most important measures for first-time buyers and the building trade that has been introduced in recent years. File picture: iStock

State building is the “only game in town” if tens of thousands of proposed homes with planning permission are ever going to be developed, a housing conference has heard.

The Government’s Rainy Day Fund should be used to provide much-needed funding for housing that won’t otherwise get built, the conference hosted by homeless charity Focus Ireland heard.