300,000
new homes planned by 2029
Building Homes
- 125,000 of them public homes: social, affordable rent and affordable purchase.
- Affordable homes to buy from €250,000 and to rent at an average of €1,000 a month.
- 31,500 more public homes in 2030.
- 10,000 extra social and affordable homes, bringing total delivery to 24,000: 15,000 social and 9,000 affordable (Alternative Budget 2027).
3 years
ban on rent increases
Renters
- Ban rent increases for three years.
- A minimum payment of €1,000 for each adult renter.
- Double the renters' tax credit to €2,000 (Alternative Budget 2027).
€250,000
affordable homes to buy from
Buying a Home
- Low-cost finance and quicker planning for small and medium builders.
- Phase out Help to Buy over five years.
- End schemes it calls wasteful, including the First Home Scheme.
- A levy waiver and low-cost equity scheme for small and medium builders (Alternative Budget 2027).
- Abolish stamp duty for first-time buyers on homes up to €450,000 (Alternative Budget 2026).
2030
end long-term homelessness
Homelessness
- End long-term homelessness and the need to sleep rough by 2030.
- Double the number of new social homes.
- A referendum on the right to housing.
- Ban no-fault evictions to stem the flow into homelessness (Alternative Budget 2027).
€50m
extra for planning and building control
Planning, Land & Vacant Property
- Reform and resource the planning system.
- An Active Land Management Agency to supply land for public homes.
- Use more vacant and derelict properties.
- New planning guidelines for rural, Gaeltacht and island communities.
- Double the Vacant Homes Tax, with a further 50% rise each year a property stays vacant or derelict (Alternative Budget 2027).
- Vacant land and site taxes, and more funding to buy vacant houses for social housing (Alternative Budget 2027).
100%
redress for defects
Defective Homes
- 100% redress for homeowners hit by building defects.
- Delivered through an end-to-end scheme.
- €95 million of capital to deliver 100% redress (Alternative Budget 2026).
- Support for homeowners and renters affected by defective blocks and Celtic Tiger era defects (Alternative Budget 2027).
€1.5bn
extra for water over five years
Water & Wastewater
- A referendum to keep water in public ownership.
- At least €1.5 billion more over five years.
- Make Uisce Éireann a non-commercial semi-state company.