Housing body set to build over 4,100 new social and cost-rental homes

'The fixed-price contracts we have agreed with several developers mean we could quickly triple the number of social and cost-rental homes we have in construction to 4,100, with Government support,' said Respond spokesperson Niamh Randall. Picture: Jason Clarke

Housing body Respond says it is poised to start building more than 4,100 new social and cost-rental homes over the next year in a massive expansion of its building programme to some €2bn.

The approved housing body (AHB) says it currently has 1,396 social and cost-rental homes in construction across the country, and with Government support, it says it could deliver 700 of these new homes this year and a further 900 by the end of 2024.