The ESRI have warned the shared equity scheme proposed in the Affordable Housing Bill could raise house prices.  They say that because housing supply is “so constrained”, increasing purchasing power through a shared equity scheme will hike costs. Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien joined us with reaction to what the ESRI have said?

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