Letters to the Editor: Rural Ireland will suffer in the drive for urban regeneration

Towns and cities will benefit from a planned a massive house-building programme but there seems to be a ‘campaign’ in many quarters to starve rural Ireland of houses

The Government has planned a massive house-building programme costing €4bn per year — the biggest ever investment in house construction in the history of the State.

I read with great interest the feature dealing with dereliction and renovation of empty dwellings — Legislative reform may be key to tackling dereliction (Irish Examiner, September 13).

Such developments are to be welcomed and will help to provide more housing units. Developing domestic dwellings over shops and businesses in towns and cities is also to be welcomed.