Cork City Council · Ordinary Meeting of Cork City Council · 11 November 2024
A vote on a motion saying the council's latest affordable home scheme, with homes costing up to €389,498 plus a 5% equity stake, stretches the definition of affordability. It agrees to write to the Minister for Housing asking for an urgent review of the Affordable Housing Act and new guidelines.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
Cork City Council notes with concern the City’s latest “affordable” home scheme where homes cost up to €389,498 plus a 5% equity stake to be repaid in future. Cork City Council agrees that this scheme stretches the definition of affordability to breaking point. Cork City Council, therefore, agrees to write to the Minister for Housing to request an urgent review of the Affordable Housing Act and the creation of new guidelines for the construction and sale of genuinely affordable homes.
Proposed by P. Rice; seconded by M. Gould.
The minutes record: As those voting for the motion were less than those voting against, An tArdmhéara declared the vote and the motion defeated.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Fine Gael | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Social Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.