If it’s not a free house for everyone born between 1921 and 2021 then no one will be happy about it.
>There is a lot of talk in Ireland, both from government and the public, about the need for government to invest more money into building more social and affordable housing all around the country. That is not the answer to the problem. If we break down what is actually going on in the housing market, it boils down to a simple issue of a lack of supply.
Bit of weird logic here. They say the government building more social and affordable housing won’t fix the housing crisis because the issue is a lack if supply. But if the government was building houses alongside private developers, this would increase the supply of new houses. That the author would twist reality to this degree suggests an agenda or ideological opposition to the government building social housing.
I agree that renovating vacant properties is part of the solution and a blend of incentives and vacant property taxes could work if targeted correctly . It’s just suspicious that someone would rule out the government building social housing out of hand.
If the government starts paying entities like cassandra capital to handle renovation they’ll be making the problem worse.
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If it’s not a free house for everyone born between 1921 and 2021 then no one will be happy about it.
>There is a lot of talk in Ireland, both from government and the public, about the need for government to invest more money into building more social and affordable housing all around the country. That is not the answer to the problem. If we break down what is actually going on in the housing market, it boils down to a simple issue of a lack of supply.
Bit of weird logic here. They say the government building more social and affordable housing won’t fix the housing crisis because the issue is a lack if supply. But if the government was building houses alongside private developers, this would increase the supply of new houses. That the author would twist reality to this degree suggests an agenda or ideological opposition to the government building social housing.
I agree that renovating vacant properties is part of the solution and a blend of incentives and vacant property taxes could work if targeted correctly . It’s just suspicious that someone would rule out the government building social housing out of hand.
If the government starts paying entities like cassandra capital to handle renovation they’ll be making the problem worse.