Letters to the Editor: We need to put an end to developer greed

Government needs the right conditions to provide the population’s families with affordable and adequate houses
Construction of Cork Corporation roads and new church at Ballyphehane in February 1955 when many thousands of homes were built by local authorities.

Construction of Cork Corporation roads and new church at Ballyphehane in February 1955 when many thousands of homes were built by local authorities.

House building in the 1950s and 1960s produced many thousands of houses in towns, cities, and in rural areas at a time when the country’s finances were in a far more perilous condition campared with now.

What were the conditions then which allowed this to happen, and provided the population’s families with affordable and adequate houses — usually with gardens?

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