{"id":1453,"date":"2021-02-16T11:22:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T11:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/minister-for-housing-must-wake-up-and-listen-to-experts-concerns-about-his-shared-equity-loan-scheme\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T11:22:23","slug":"minister-for-housing-must-wake-up-and-listen-to-experts-concerns-about-his-shared-equity-loan-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/minister-for-housing-must-wake-up-and-listen-to-experts-concerns-about-his-shared-equity-loan-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister for Housing must wake up and listen to experts\u2019 concerns about his shared equity loan scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan TD has urged the Minister for Housing to rethink and redesign his affordable housing plans, in particular the shared equity loans.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe experts are now lining up to tell the Minister for Housing that some of his affordable housing plans will actually make housing more expensive. The Minister has a duty to listen to the experts and\u00a0take heed of the evidence being presented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister must rethink and redesign his approach to affordable housing, in particular the shared equity loans. The key issue here is the supply of affordable homes. The Central Bank, the ESRI and others say we need 30,000 \u2013 35,000 new houses each year for the next decade. At the moment, only 20,000 are being built. With supply so low, the proposed shared equity loans will just drive up prices \u2013 we cannot allow that to happen. The State\u00a0needs to build more affordable homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister has to take his head out of the sand on the issue of affordable housing. This issue is too important to get wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 16, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan TD has urged the Minister for Housing to rethink and redesign his affordable housing plans, in particular the shared equity loans. 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