When will FFG realise you cannot solve this problem without direct state intervention via the government building houses themselves? Why could we do it in the 50s, 60s and 70s but not now?
It is an open secret – the builders can but will not build any more than they feel they need to, to maintain profit margins. To do otherwise reduces their bottom line. This isn’t a conspiracy it’s the truth. And people in construction know it.
Mobile_Ad3339 on
I genuinely thought that title was a typo
KillerKlown88 on
Not too shocking really, the 2024 numbers were bullshit to avail of the development levy waiver.
WickerMan111 on
It will take time before things even out.
davesr25 on
Build gaffs, yei fuckwits.

*”shakes head”*
Kloppite16 on
So the article says only 10 houses commenced building last month in Cork City. In a city of some 300,000 people 10 houses is an absolute joke. I didnt think this government could make this housing crisis any worse but it turns out they can, by a lot.
Top-Engineering-2051 on
There’s a recession coming, the private money is going cold. This is what happens when you depend on private developers to deliver housing.
Vegetable-Beach-7458 on
This was predictable. Its a result of government duking the stats for the last election.
Basically the FF/FG provided large financial incentives for developers who lodged commencement notices before the last election. This helped to artificially boost com notice numbers which is a stat often used to indicate housing supply rate. Projects that would have naturally have only been commenced after Christmas were rushed through the system even when developers knew they didn’t have the capacity to carry out the proposed works.
FF/FG pissed tax payer money up the wall just for a temporary boost in the polls coming up to the election.
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When will FFG realise you cannot solve this problem without direct state intervention via the government building houses themselves? Why could we do it in the 50s, 60s and 70s but not now?
It is an open secret – the builders can but will not build any more than they feel they need to, to maintain profit margins. To do otherwise reduces their bottom line. This isn’t a conspiracy it’s the truth. And people in construction know it.
I genuinely thought that title was a typo
Not too shocking really, the 2024 numbers were bullshit to avail of the development levy waiver.
It will take time before things even out.
Build gaffs, yei fuckwits.

*”shakes head”*
So the article says only 10 houses commenced building last month in Cork City. In a city of some 300,000 people 10 houses is an absolute joke. I didnt think this government could make this housing crisis any worse but it turns out they can, by a lot.
There’s a recession coming, the private money is going cold. This is what happens when you depend on private developers to deliver housing.
This was predictable. Its a result of government duking the stats for the last election.
Basically the FF/FG provided large financial incentives for developers who lodged commencement notices before the last election. This helped to artificially boost com notice numbers which is a stat often used to indicate housing supply rate. Projects that would have naturally have only been commenced after Christmas were rushed through the system even when developers knew they didn’t have the capacity to carry out the proposed works.
FF/FG pissed tax payer money up the wall just for a temporary boost in the polls coming up to the election.