Kildare's one bedroom social houses 'too small' for many families
’They can be used by single people only’
Plans to provide sixteen homes with one bedroom each near Naas, have been criticised.
Independent Ireland councilor Bill Clear said that a proposed social housing scheme on the New Caragh Road site should have a “significant proportion of age-friendly housing for older people in Naas.”
He said the growing demand from older people who want to move to a smaller home or to “right-size” their accommodation should be recognised.
He said if this is done it will ensure that the needs of older residents will be met and it would help to free up larger family homes for allocation to families on the housing list.
He suggested that the plan to have 16 houses with one bedroom was limiting because one bedroom homes can essentially be used by single people only.
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