The Republic of Ireland needs to build at least 35,000 homes every year to keep up with population growth, a major new report suggests.
The report from the Economic and Social Research Institute was commissioned by the Department of Housing and Local Government. It then estimates future housing demand based on these population projections, as well as a range of other assumptions including Ireland’s typical household size. Her co-author Paul Egan said it should also be noted that all the scenarios they considered relate to future population-driven demand and do not factor in current pent-up demand.Most of the growth - some 77,600 people - came from net migration with the rest due to 20,000 more births than deaths.
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