{"id":11651,"date":"2025-02-19T14:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=11651"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:38:35","slug":"government-asks-generation-stuck-at-home-to-try-a-cabin-out-the-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/government-asks-generation-stuck-at-home-to-try-a-cabin-out-the-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Government asks generation stuck at home to try a cabin out the back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Will the government allow people be charged exorbitant rents to live in glorified sheds?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This government\u2019s answer to the housing crisis is to move generation stuck at home from their parents&#8217; box room to a shed in the back garden, according to Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Rory Hearne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is reported today that the government will proceed with planning exemptions to allow cabins to be built in back gardens to alleviate the housing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government is asking generation stuck at home to try a cabin out the back. While the government are giving investor funds tax breaks and planning higher rents, it\u2019s sheds out the back for our locked our generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile some flexibility is warranted here, the answer to the housing crisis is not to allow a huge number of log cabins proliferate in urban back gardens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would also be deeply concerning if the government were going to give landlords the green light to use these structures as rental accommodation &#8211; and charge people exorbitant rents to live in glorified sheds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLatest figures from the CSO show that house price inflation almost doubled in 2024. Today, we learned that so-called affordable apartments in O&#8217;Devaney Gardens in Dublin are going to be priced at up to more than \u20ac400,000 for a two-bed. On what planet is this affordable?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;House prices are a runaway train and the government has no real plan to address this crisis. 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