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- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Bringing back the bedsit? Housing Minister James Browne's ‘radical' new apartment plan
Soaring prices, skyrocketing rents and a chronic shortage of supply paints a bleak picture of Ireland's deepening housing crisis.
Over the past number of years, the government has floated a series of so-called innovative solutions, which promised bold change but ultimately delivered mixed results.
Now, Housing Minister James Browne has unveiled what's being billed as a radical plan to 'revolutionise' the housing sector.
The Cabinet signed off on new guidelines for apartment-building this week, aimed at improving the viability of the sector. But as with most things in Irish planning, not everyone is on board.
Critics have already taken aim at key aspects of the plan, such as smaller apartments and fewer windows, but is this exactly the kind of radical shift needed to finally boost supply?
Today on The Indo Daily, Tessa Fleming is joined by the Irish Independent's Mary Regan and Caroline O'Doherty, along with assistant professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmenta
