Galway City Council to deliver 500 social housing units

Galway City Tribune – Galway City Council is set to meet its housing targets between now and 2021, with almost 500 new units to be provided across a range of schemes, the majority of them on the western fringe of the urban area.

This week’s City Council meeting heard that a total of 372 housing units will be provided in the Ballymoneen Road area on four separate plots with a further 118 due to come on stream in the Ballybane and Monivea Road areas.

City Council Chief Executive, Brendan McGrath, told councillors that the local authority was on schedule to meet its housing targets up to 2021 – however, after that, he expressed concerns over the availability of suitable land.

“We will achieve our 2021 targets, but already I’m worried that after 2021 we will find it difficult to get the land we need for new houses.

“We are out there competing for available lands. We are using every opportunity we can, to try and acquire land, but after that I am already worried about being able to get the land we require,” said Brendan McGrath.

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