Predictions on housing issues

Idbatterim

For what it is worth, I dont think any of the parties, will do what it would take, to sort the housing issue. Only today DCC, have stopped construction of a few hundred (under construction) apartments in the docklands, because of a grey area over new height rules. If any party wants to sort it, they are going to have to increase minimum densities again, reduce the tax take on a new build, abolish stamp duty (certainly for FTB) , reduce the ridiculous build cost of apartments, by abolishing the dual aspect requirement, which ups the cost significatnly, as you have a far poorer use of space. A proper site value tax and possibly granting planning permission for only 3-4 years.

To tackle this requires serious action, like I have highlighted above, I expect to get messing around on the fringes, the situation to get significantly worse too. This mass movement to cities, is a worldwide trend, not some Dublin phenomena!

People say "we dont want high rise beside us" semi understandable, but then in somewhere like sandyford business park, they dont want it there either, because they might be able to see it a few hundred meters away from their bedroom windows! The situation is just entirely unsustainable...

they would have to be taking serious action now, to change the course of this, so in 2-3 years none homeowner voters could say "we are going in the right direction" , not a chance in hell they will IMO.

jam_mac_jam

Nothing will change. It will continue and there will be money thrown at developers in the form of more help to buy type schemes or payouts for first time buyers.

The only hope people have who are paying rent or trying to buy a house is the next recession will halt growth.

Even building a high rise exactly where it should go along the docks is being delayed. The whole docks should be tall high buildings instead of the squat ****eheaps we are building now.

But we can't live in apartments because we are Irish or something.

The main thing is that a lot of people don't want it to change. It suits a lot of people to keep land and house value high.

You even see it on boards. Everything suggested is discounted as oh that wouldn't work. Its different here. We can't live in apartments and bang on about Ballymun again.

Chinasea

Put personal responsibility on the national school curriculum.

BanditLuke

Chinasea wrote: »

Put personal responsibility on the national school curriculum.

And in Leinster House