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Not great “scheme to speed up social housing has barely been used by Dublin councils” dublininquirer.com/a-scheme-to-sp…

Above 6 floors gets expensive to build- higher prices here should not be a surprise.. “Concerns over cost of Johnny Ronan’s affordable housing plans at former Glass Bottle site in Dublin” The Irish Times irishtimes.com/ireland/housin…

Water capacity will determine mew housing output to at lease 2032.. ⁦The Irish Times⁩ today

Grid operators need to adapt faster ⁦Kevin O'Sullivan⁩ ⁦The Irish Times⁩

Super letter in the Irish Times from Cllr Dermot Lacey (Dublin City Council) about the problems created by overcentralisation of housing policy in the Dept of Housing. Nationwide polices are rolled out that cover everywhere from Dublin to Dingle, so they don't work on the ground

Good read “For new two-bed apartments at the site, households will need minimum annual salary of €75,000.” thejournal.ie/how-much-need-…

23 Kensington Place, Tom Kay, London, UK, 1967. #architecture #archinerds

Bevin House, Staircase, Berthold Lubetkin, Tecton, London, UK, 1954. #architecture #archinerds

Good read highlighting the persistent low direct build output of Local Authorities, and advocating an increase to make recession-proof in today’s ⁦The Irish Times⁩

As much of the world demolishes its high-rise social housing (Glasgow, Melbourne, etc) France is renovating theirs. 299 renovated social homes in Bordeaux, by JBA Architectes Cost = €72,000 a unit jba.archi/projet/les-aub…

“Worse yet.. the upzoning is not doing what.. [was] intended: easing the housing affordability crisis. Instead, it’s raising both land prices and property taxes” BC NDP approach to housing crisis mirrors overreaching U.S. movement | Vancouver Sun ⁦ vancouversun.com/business/bc-go…

Great to see that Dublin City Council has granted Planning Permission for a mixed use scheme on long time derelict sites opposite the Coombe Hospital on Dolphin's Barn Street Dublin 8 for Iveagh Trust .. hopefully it will go ahead soon .. cont'd/

“..the Government “needs to accept” the four-stage approval process is causing the delay in the delivery of social housing” Just three houses built in Cork City in past decade through approval process for smaller schemes irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4163…

Not great- Dept of Housing again not issuing correct info“James Browne broke Dáil rules when refusing to release housing data, Ceann Comhairle finds” ⁦The Irish Times⁩ ⁦Jack Horgan-Jones⁩ irishtimes.com/ireland/housin…

Indicators of construction activity, particularly in the housing sector, suggest infrastructure a drag on completions ⁦The Irish Times⁩

Infrastructure (deficit) for construction again a key element in a separate ⁦Ibec⁩ policy paper ⁦The Irish Times⁩

Interesting site here- cherrywood selling for €37.3k per apartment (site). Development contributions high in this location.

Interesting statistics here behind legal challenges to planning decisions irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4163…

Good piece here in ⁦⁦Business Post⁩ outlining adverse lending conditions to residential sector