Co-living scheme is ‘glamourised tenement living’, says Mary Lou McDonald
An Bord Pleanála is unlikely to approve housing proposals that breach Government guidelines, including features like scores of people sharing a kitchen, TaoiseachHe was responding after Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald condemned a proposed “co-living scheme” that included box rooms size of a parking space with a fold up bed and a kitchen shared by 42 people.
“It’s not going to replace traditional housing. But it’s another option for some people, maybe young people,” the Taoiseach said. Last year 18,000 new homes built in Ireland up from 15,000 the year before and 9,000 the year before that, he said, noting that house prices have stabilised.
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