Over 800 applications received for 32 cost-rental homes in Glanmire

The properties have rents at least 25% below market value, with one-bedroom apartments starting at €840 per month.

The cost-rental homes in Ballinglanna, Glanmire. Picture: Respond

The realities of the housing shortage have been laid bare with 850 applications received for just 32 new cost-rental homes in Ballinglanna, Glanmire.

Respond, a housing body and service provider, opened the application process on Tuesday gathering 850 applications in just 48 hours, an average of more than 26 applications per home.