"We need truly affordable homes in Carlow and Kilkenny" - Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats)
Party launches new policy document, ‘Homes Within Reach – Our Plan for Affordable Housing’
The Social Democrats have revealed their plans for the delivery of tens of thousands of affordable homes over a five-year period.
Details of the fully costed proposals are outlined in the party’s new policy document, ‘Homes Within Reach – Our Plan for Affordable Housing’.
Under the plan, affordable purchase homes will be sold for less than €260,000 in Carlow Kilkenny, with buyers owning 100% of their home and the land on which it is built.
These costings, according to the party, are set to be regularly revised on the basis of building cost inflation.
Patricia Stephenson, Social Democrat candidate for Carlow-Kilkenny, has welcomed the plan.
“We strongly believe that access to affordable housing is fundamental for the prosperity of people in Ireland,” she said.
“The housing crisis is impacting everything. Rising mortgage payments and rents up 54% in Kilkenny and 53% in Carlow since Covid means that working families are struggling with all the additional cost of living increases even more.
“We need truly affordable homes for both purchase and rent in Carlow and Kilkenny and our affordable housing plan will deliver that.
“We have the money and the land to do it, we just need a government which is committed to it.”