Developer, O'Flynn, Expresses Concerns About Housing For All Plan Leaks.

Monday, 16 August 2021 12:35

Developers would be given half a billion euro directly by government.

A developer with key interests in Kildare has expressed his concerns at the leaking of parts of the government's Housing For All strategy.

It's after reports that developers would be given half a billion euro directly from government in a bid to reduce concerns about making housing schemes commercially viable.

Developer Michael O'Flynn is CEO of the O'Flynn Group, which has built Oldtown Woods in Celbridge.

With the BlackRock Real Estate Assets group, he purchased and subsequently sold the former HP campus in Leixlip,

He thinks the drip-feeding of information is unhelpful, adding he'd rather see the full plan

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