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The housing crisis is the most important issue facing the country \u2013 and it will not be solved by Fingal County Council enriching a private developer, according to Social Democrats Councillors Joan Hopkins and Paul Mulville. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposal facing Fingal councillors today was a Hobson\u2019s choice. We were asked to approve the sale of a vast tract of public land, for a fraction of its value, and watch as 60pc of the homes on that land were developed at prices that ordinary workers cannot afford.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese lands at Ballymastone, Donabate, are a valuable public asset. Why are they being sold at a rock-bottom price to a developer who stands to make hundreds of millions once they are developed?<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of enriching private developers, why doesn\u2019t the State \u2013 via Fingal County Council or an Approved Housing Body \u2013 develop these lands and provide desperately needed homes for affordable purchase, cost rental, social housing, older people\u2019s housing, and co-operative housing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen the massive demand locally in recent weeks for the \u00d3 Cualann scheme at Kilhedge Lane, Lusk as an example of what\u2019s possible. There is no reason why the \u00d3 Cualann model cannot be rolled out at scale on public land banks such as Ballymastone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever its housing policy comes under attack, the government consistently says that the State is the biggest player in the housing market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn case there is any confusion about what this means, it\u2019s quite simple – the State is pumping hundreds of millions into large developments that are exclusively bought by cuckoo funds or selling off public land to private developers. The State may be a big player, but it is playing for the other side.<\/p>\n

\u201cFine Gael, in government, first declared housing an emergency in 2014 \u2013 seven years ago. Why is it still reliant on private developers to deliver almost its entire complement of housing supply in 2021?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will never solve the housing crisis until government parties change their housing policy. We need to build public homes on public land \u2013 and we need housing that ordinary workers, and first-time buyers, can actually afford. The Social Democrats will vote in favour of any proposal that delivers on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n

May 25th<\/sup> 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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