Uimhir Thagarta Uathúil: 
WW-C3-59
Stádas: 
Submitted
Údar: 
Billy Timmins

Chapter 6: Housing

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Add an additional line at the end after the word "mobility" to read as follows "The Council will examine the feasibility of making available for sale at least 10% of all new housing developments of 10 or more units,whether public or private".

The reasoning for this is based on the outcry and subsequent national policy change following the publicity whereby an investment fund purchased a scheme of houses in Maynooth in 2021. The fact that no units were available for purchase was deemed unacceptable. I suspect that the proposal at CPO 6.X. in this document is also meant to deal with the problem. However many potential home buyers are also excluded from the market by the public purchase of such schemes. This is happening in many areas of this county. There is a responsibility on the local authority to assist in the provision of "private houses for sale" and solely selecting investment funds doesn't adequately address the issue. If the council could provide housing purchase figures re public bodies/investment funds it could give a clearer picture of the issue.