Ireland's Backyard Cabins: New Housing Solution

0:00On April 20th, Ireland's government just flipped the script on garden homes, letting folks build modular units up to 45 square meters in there, backyards without needing planning permission, and now they can rent them out privately. Taui Sish, Michelle Martin, called it a practical move, pointing to the booming population and influx of EU workers in tech and health jobs, saying, Ireland needs all kinds of housing options to keep up. Groups like threshold are pushing back, worried these could turn into substandard rentals without proper checks, arguing they should stick to family, or carers only. Martin gets it's a fresh approach, but promises a review in two years, noting parents won't drop up to 80,000 euros on one if they can't rent. It later, once the kids move out. Meanwhile, housing minister James Brown insists these cabins will meet high standards with their own facilities and full building regs with cabinet. Sign off coming soon, all while saw attorneys kick off thousands of new units nationwide to tackle the crisis head on.