Eoin Burke-Kennedy: Some argue the Government is ideologically wedded to the idea that the market is the most efficient model for delivery of housing but perhaps there’s another reason for the low-build rates
This neoliberal tendency can be seen in the shift away from building social homes directly in favour of providing rent supports – the so-called shift from bricks to benefits. And by the fact that the social housing which is provided comes – almost entirely – from the private sector.
For all the criticism laid at their door, local authorities here are so tied up in red tape and process when it comes to the provision of housing that purchasing units directly from the private sector has become a more efficient use of resources and time. However, it’s the next two stages where the problems start. Under the pre-tender design stage – stage three of the process – the local authority’s architects must engage with the Department of Housing’s architects to agree the final design, a back and forward process that can take months.
If the proposed project is a mixed tenure development with affordable and disability-adapted units alongside standard social housing units, there are also different funding streams, each requiring their own four-stage process that must be navigated in parallel.
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