The Minister’s budget plan includes €4 billion for capital investment in new homes next year, €634 million greater than in 2021. The package comprises €2.6 billion from the exchequer and a further €1.5 billion from the Land Development Agency and the Housing Finance Agency. The budget includes a further €1.4 billion for day-to-day current spending on housing supports.
After disruption to building work during coronavirus lockdowns, the industry now suffers from growing shortage of skilled labour after the resumption of delayed project and the commencement of new developments.The crunch is not confined to trades and extends to building professions, said Barry Kelly, director of specialist construction recruiter ICDS Group.
“That will do two things in my opinion: It will increase the skillset because there are countries around the world that have built millions of more houses than we will ever build and taller building than we’ll ever see. This also may help level off the false inflationary salary rise.”
Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)
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