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It’s new here in Ireland but it is actually the successful rental model that has been in operation in countries across Europe for decades. What’s really ground-breaking about this proposal and what attracts me most to it is that all of houses on the site would be rented on a long term and secure basis, at a cost that is weighted according to people’s ability to pay. I have met with the team every week, as a volunteer, to develop our plan for the 12 acres of green space that is right in the middle of our community. For over a year now I have been working with the St Michael’s Regeneration Team in Inchicore – where I grew up. A different way to think about housing Because this week, I can at last begin to dream that there is a better way to do things, that there is a different way to think and plan for housing that ordinary people like me can aspire to and, above all, afford. But I have had to shut that dream out of my head, every time I look into the window of the local real estate office, every time I log on to a property website, every time I go through that familiar hall door. Much and all as I love and appreciate my parents and family, I want to move out.
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