Cork city didn't receive any funding this time around but more than 200 affordable homes have been approved in principle by the Department of Housing for Cork county.
The Housing Minister insists the Government’s new housing bill will deliver more affordable homes The Bill will provide for the direct building of affordable homes by the State - with the first 50 here in Cork
The State will take a stake in people s homes to help bridge the affordability gap under plans going to cabinet today.
The Affordable Housing Bill will see a new shared equity scheme established.
Opposition parties, the ESRI and the Central Bank have raised concerns the move could trigger further rises in house prices.
However Minister Darragh O Brien says the new Housing Bill will deliver up to 6,000 affordable homes on State lands within four years - the first of these houses will come on stream in Cork, with 50 in Boherboy Road in Mayfield being rolled out under the scheme..