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The blueprint: 25 ideas to deliver 300,000 homes
The housing shortage was caused by a hundred small decisions. Solving it means patiently fixing mistakes, one by one.
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Land readjustment is a faster, cheaper, and less rancorous way of assembling development land
Ireland needs big ambitious housing schemes, but these schemes are hard to pull together. They involve local governments, infrastructure providers and lots of landowners. Land readjustment is a tool that aligns these groups on a single scheme.
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The governance setup Melbourne uses to deliver lots of infrastructure
The management of infrastructure is highly idiosyncratic. There’s no single playbook to copy. However, the most efficient builders share certain characteristics. They adhere to a few principles.
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One pager: A new route through planning could unlock 150,000 new homes
It’s hard to adapt Irish towns and cities. Progress Ireland’s solution is to empower communities to opt into greater levels of density.
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A new route through planning could unlock the suburbs’ potential
Most homes in European cities have been added through gradual infill. Current policy makes infill difficult, leaving cities frozen in the 20th century. Street Plan Development Zones could let towns and cities adapt to our changing needs.
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One pager: Ireland could build 350,000 small homes in gardens
A small change to planning rules could unlock a large number of new homes in the places they’re most needed, and help homeowners cover their bills.
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In plain sight: a tweak to planning rules could unlock up to 350,000 small homes
Homeowners are currently entitled to build a small office, gym, or garage on their property without applying for planning permission. They are not entitled to build a small home. Extending exempted development rules to small homes could unlock up to 350,000 homes, according to Progress Ireland’s modelling.
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To save up to €14.9bn on MetroLink, the state needs to upgrade TII
Ireland’s great challenge is to build infrastructure. It should do what has worked before, in this country and across Europe. It should give TII the autonomy it needs to deliver.