Readers Blog: We need affordable homes, not a housing bubble

Minister Eoghan Murphy’s “affordable” mortgage scheme would not provide homes which were affordable or below the market rate, rather it would further inflate a property bubble and enrich developers.

Readers Blog: We need affordable homes, not a housing bubble
Fri, 26 Jan, 2018 - 00:00

Minister Eoghan Murphy’s “affordable” mortgage scheme would not provide homes which were affordable or below the market rate, rather it would further inflate a property bubble and enrich developers.

This scheme won’t provide one affordable home for people. The Government are simply tinkering around the edges of the property market.

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