The level of construction of new homes in Kerry is at its lowest in almost ten years.
That’s according to data from the Department of Housing, on the number of homes on which construction has commenced.
It shows works have started on just over 200 new homes so far this year.
According to the Department of Housing, there have been 204 commencements so far this year in Kerry.
154 of these are one-off homes, while 25 are apartments, and 25 are part of a housing scheme.
This is the lowest number of commencements in the first ten months of any year since 2016.
Every year since 2016, more homes have been commenced in the first ten months than this year’s figure of 204.
It also marks a sharp decline from this time last year when there were 889 commencements in Kerry, more than four times’ this year’s figure.
A further 18 commencement notices were served last month, meaning construction was due to begin on those units in the following 28 days.
Just under 900 new homes would need to be started in Kerry in December if this year’s annual commencement figure was to match last year’s.
According to a report by the Housing Commission last year, up to 33,000 new homes could be needed in Kerry by 2050 to address the deficit of housing in this county.
A commencement notice is a notification to a building control that a person intends to carry out works or a material change of use under building regulations, and the Department of Housing filters this data to only include new residential dwellings.
