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Would back garden modular homes help the housing crisis?

The housing committee will this week consider changes to the Planning and Development regulations...

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08.30 13 Jul 2026


Would back garden modular homes help the housing crisis?


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08.30 13 Jul 2026


The housing committee will this week consider changes to the Planning and Development regulations. To allow the building of modular homes up to 45sqm  in back gardens without planning permission  

Is this part of the solution to the housing crisis or just creating more problems down the line?  To discuss with Claire was  Conor Skehan, Sunday Independent Columnist and Former chair of the Housing Agency and Eoin O’Broin, Sinn Fein Housing Spokesperson and TD for Dublin Mid West. 


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