Fewer contractors tendering for public housing contracts
Chairman of the County and City Management Association’s committee on housing and land-use, Frank Curran, yesterday said that ceilings imposed by the Department of Housing in 2021 on how much councils could spend on housing construction need to be reviewed. This comes as an Oireachtas committee were told that new social housing projects risk being jeopardised unless authorities are allowed to pay developers more. Addressing the Oireachtas housing committee Mr Curran said…