[negamax]

By law all new developments are required to have 20% social housing. And google search will show you the extent of corruption and free money that goes hand in hand

source: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/law-change-to-make-...

Also city councils run a large stock of social housing where tenants pay nothing and live for generations

[ToucanLoucan]

Literally in the headline of the source you linked states 20% are affordable or social housing, not all social housing.

And a ten second google about what "social housing" means as I'm not Irish and don't know, tells me that social housing is not, in fact, free and is instead adjusted rent based on your ability to pay. I suppose it's not impossible that some of it is free, since some people may not be able to pay anything, but this is some incredible goal post shifting from:

> Government is giving free houses

To:

> By law all new developments are required to have 20% social housing

Which then after going to your linked source became:

> Law change to make 20% of units in new developments affordable or social homes

So 1 in 5 newly developed homes has to be affordable or social housing, which is rented, not gifted as property to the unfortunate resident. The horror.

You're of course entitled to disagree with these measures and programs, but if you have to go so far as to be within shouting distance of outright lying, it kind of implies you don't have a good position that can be backed by the actual facts on the ground as opposed to your ideological predispositions.

[negamax]

Have you heard of HAP? Please read up on it. It's budget and impact on the everyday person. It's a roundabout way to giving free housing to people who don't work by taking money from people who do.

End result is a broken and inflated marketplace

[generic92034]

Requiring a percentage of social housing with new developments is quite common in many EU countries, though.

[piva00]

Ok, so not really free housing.