“I have had instances in my own area of Fingal where people had been trying to buy a house only to have the local authority buy it out from under them. Local authorities are hoovering up a large portion of new homes instead of building social and affordable housing.”Across the four Dublin local authorities, the purchase of new homes accounted for just under a quarter of their “new build” figures last year. However, this was significantly higher in some areas of the capital.
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown built considerably more than it bought – 120 as opposed to 14. South Dublin built the most, 238 homes, buying just 28. A spokesman for the Department of Housing said the purchase of turnkey homes added to the supply of social housing.
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