Dublin Corporation has sent a draft proposal on its housing strategy for public consultation. However, a city council meeting decided last night to defer discussion on the details of the plan.
The draft plan was made in accordance with Part Five of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, which provides for up to 20 per cent of new developments to be set aside for social and affordable housing.
A guideline saying that between 50 and 75 per cent of the 20 per cent maximum allocation should be set aside for this kind of housing has been included in the strategy sent for public consultation.
Discussion of the housing strategy and a separate motion on the Dublin action plan on homelessness were deferred to a special meeting of city council which will take place tomorrow week.
It will be at least one month after the public consultation before the draft housing strategy returns to the city council for a formal vote.
Labour councillor, Mr Kevin Humphreys said, of the 20 per cent, he believed 75 per cent should be set aside for social housing and 25 per cent for affordable housing.
The strategy has been strongly criticised by a Green Party councillor, Mr Eamon Ryan, as a "recipe for the continued sprawl of Dublin away from the city" because of its concentration on the zoning of large tracts of undeveloped land.