The methodology used by the Housing Commission to estimate a housing stock deficit of 250k raises more questions than answers. The bigger problem is, why is nobody asking these questions?
"This is a finding that should have, at the very least, formed part of the discussion. Instead it has been totally ignored."
I think housing stock per adult - a metric I've used for many years now - explicitly allows for Ireland having a relatively larger share of children in the population.
Do you use that metric only in estimating forecasts of future housing needs or have you also used it in calculations of current need? i.e at a point in time when we have data on population, built housing stock, average household size, age demographics etc?
"This is a finding that should have, at the very least, formed part of the discussion. Instead it has been totally ignored."
I think housing stock per adult - a metric I've used for many years now - explicitly allows for Ireland having a relatively larger share of children in the population.
Do you use that metric only in estimating forecasts of future housing needs or have you also used it in calculations of current need? i.e at a point in time when we have data on population, built housing stock, average household size, age demographics etc?
It works for either purpose, I think. Thanks for the reply.
"I think" is doing a lot of work here ;)