Plans to reduce one-off housing developments in the countryside are “a poverty trap” for people living in rural Ireland.
this morning, planning commentator and columnist Conor Skehan said one-off housing is common across Europe – but in Ireland “we’ve convinced ourselves” it’s wrong.
“Rural areas, generally, are some of the lowest income groups in the country so in doing this you are placing people into poverty - it’s a poverty trap. “I tell students in planning to visit any rural area, anywhere in Europe, and you’ll find there is rural settlements everywhere – it’s what people do.“It allows people to choose where they live,” he said.
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