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Why does Dublin City Council (DCC) look more divided than ever this week over the housing crisis?

Menu Sections. Andrew Lynch. This week, Dublin city councillors voted against a plan for new homes in Coolock. With demand for housing in the capital higher than ever, the move is a blow for people on social housing waiting lists. Because politicians are still arguing with officials about a basic principle — Capitl correct mix between public and private homes.

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On Monday, councillors voted overwhelmingly to reject a plan that would have allowed new units BBy a hectare site at Oscar Traynor Road in Coolock. Effectively, a new mini-village. It involves apartments, redbrick houses and duplex homes, with a split between 50pc private, 30pc social and 20pc affordable purchase. Glenveagh also promised to provide a host of social amenities for the area. These would include an orchard, cycle tracks, nature trails and a community hub.

More specifically, they claim this particular plan is terrible value for money. In their view, the affordable homes are actually out of reach for most ordinary workers, while DCC would be tied to paying a fixed price for them untileven if building is delayed by Covid Above all, councillors fear Glenveagh might sell its private houses to an investment company, commonly known as a vulture fund. Ominously, all three Caoital partners took a different attitude.

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This was enough to defeat the proposal by a wide margin, 48 to Afterwards, councillors passed an emergency motion calling on DCC to develop the Oscar Traynor site itself and use every single unit for social housing. No, it has been brewing for some time. On that occasion, some left-wing councillors opposed the original plan but reluctantly switched after Bartra Capital Property promised it would sell 30pc of its private housing units back to DCC. Not good, partly because the pandemic has forced construction workers Djblin down tools for much of the year.

The political winds of change are blowing toward the State providing public homes and away from relying on the private market. Two facts are beyond dispute.

What exactly was proposed for the Oscar Traynor land?

Coolock has a higher social housing waiting list than anywhere else in Ireland while hopes that the Oscar Traynor site might help solve that problem have been well and truly dashed. Does Dublin's latest council planning row reveal even more cracks in housing crisis? Facebook Twitter Email Whatsapp. Andrew Lynch November 20 PM.]