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Let’S Stop Calling This A Crisis And Start Building More Homes, Lorcan Sirr
Let’S Stop Calling This A Crisis And Start Building More Homes, Lorcan Sirr
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Over the past couple of years I have made a concerted effort not to use the phrase “housing crisis”, and I’ve been doing quite well, too. Recently, however, I have been using the dreaded phrase more often than I like. I don’t like the word “crisis” because it often gets abused, and although I’m talking about housing here, the same point can be applied to many economic and social problems and solutions.
Politicians Turn A Deaf Ear To Planning And Housing Problems, Lorcan Sirr
Politicians Turn A Deaf Ear To Planning And Housing Problems, Lorcan Sirr
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Just before Christmas I spent an hour with RTE recording a radio programme reflecting on some of the year’s most significant building and development issues. We discussed building defects, houses being flooded, ghost estates, and so on. After each clip played I gave my analysis of the situation, and it wasn’t long before I found myself repeating the same line, which was effectively: “I bet you there’s a planning report somewhere that says, ‘We don’t recommend you do this’.” But it was done anyway because the politicians—local and national—for their own reasons said “do it”, when the professionals said “don’t”. …