{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63627db9b4836b0012d82f84/6a18663cda0413146c111a3d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep98 - The push to double the output of one-off housing","description":"<p><br></p><p>Martin Markey, CEO with the Hardware Association Ireland, chats about the findings in the HAI's latest survey on on-off housing, The Potential For Rural Family Homes - A Survey Review, including:</p><ul><li>Housing need or locals only rules being the main reason there aren’t more one-off homes being built in Ireland</li><li>Potential to double the amount of homes built and the huge demand behind it</li><li>What will happen if we don't build more one-off homes: emigration a big issue at the moment as is social capital unravelling in rural areas</li><li>Need for one-off housing as part of a mix of solutions in context of population growth</li><li>Cost of building not as big a driver of whether or someone will build a house</li><li>&nbsp;Building regulations and lack of guidance mostly an issue for architects</li><li>Volume and price increases for builder’s merchant sector</li><li>Costs coming down the line due to new regulations including ones on timber, steel&nbsp;and Repak</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Selfbuild Ireland"}