'Viability gap' thwarting efforts to boost housing delivery, conference hears

The Government is working on a new housing plan which is expected to be published in a 'short couple of months'. File picture: Getty

This year will be a “defining period” for whether Ireland will get to grips with its housing crisis, a major homebuilding conference heard on Tuesday.

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) — through its group Irish Home Builders Association — held the summit in Croke Park in Dublin with the group’s chair Michael Kelleher telling attendees that we must “use all the levers we have available” to boost housing delivery across the country.