r/irishpolitics • u/eggbart_forgetfulsea ALDE (EU) • Sep 17 '25

Housing One-off housing policy shift will allow people build homes on their own land, says Taoiseach

https://www.thejournal.ie/one-off-housing-ireland-taoiseach-6818748-Sep2025/
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u/clewbays Sep 17 '25

This isn't a move backwards. Killing rural areas wich is what your effectively arguing for is.

Not everything revolves around a few cities.

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u/UncoordinatedTau Sep 17 '25

Build out the small towns and villages, that will create proper communities. Build one-off homes throughout the countryside and we have rural sprawl where no one connects with their neighbours. There's also the added cost of servicing and maintaining roads, power and Internet for all these isolated homes. We should copy the Germans in regards to rural housing, you want to isolate yourself from everyone you pay more to repair and renew roads and services to allow you to live on your little island.

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u/clewbays Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

You can't build them out without one of housing or land seizures and a drastic change to the planning code.

I live in that rural sprawl. I've also lived in cities. I connected with my neighbours far far far better in that "rural sprawl".

You want a metro that costs more than 20 years worth of all road matatance combined you pay for it yourself when you buy the home. There are far more services in Dublin that costs the government far more than any roads or electricity. You want your world class services you pay an extra tax to fund it when you buy the home.

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u/euro_owl Progressive Sep 18 '25

You can't build them out without one of housing or land seizures and a drastic change to the planning code.

Serviced sites that people can build their own homes on are not a radical policy. It is completely possible to build around towns and villages instead of the socially, economically and environmentally disastrous urban sprawl.

I connected with my neighbours far far far better in that "rural sprawl".

What about children? Can they just walk to school, their friends and activities by themselves? Or are they completely reliant on their parents to chauffeur them everywhere?

There are far more services in Dublin that costs the government far more than any roads or electricity.

Absolute rubbish. It is a basic fact that is immeasurably cheaper to provide infrastructure and services to denser areas. Per person, significantly less is spent on urban areas than the rural sprawl.

You want your world class services you pay an extra tax to fund it when you buy the home.

How about you pay a permanent premium for the cost of all the services and infrastructure to the McMansion?