Build-To-Rent (BTR), Aparthotels, and Irish housing policy
Good Twitter thread detailing the (IMO disastrous) history of these “new and exciting” ways in which Ireland’s Fine Gael government were lobbied successfully in 2015 and 2018 to rewrite housing policy and permit co-living, communal living, very small studios, and 1-bedroom apartments. This then resulted in many property developers scrapping existing plans and going back to the drawing board to cram in as many tiny apartments as possible to maximise their returns
(tags: living ireland apartments rental btr aparthotels housing policy fg)