Council to increase number of affordable homes it will build in Cork next year

Demand in Co Cork for affordable homes is far outstripping supply with 802 applications for the 174 recently built such homes

Cork County Council plans to provide 419 more affordable homes within the next year. In addition, 131 low-cost rental homes are also being planned. File photo

Cork County Council is to significantly ratchet up the number of ‘discounted’ affordable homes it will build next year.

They are designed for people in the ‘squeezed middle’ who earn too little to afford a property on the open market and too much to qualify for social housing.