Young Laois workers hoping to buy their own homes have to be earning over €50,000 a year to qualify for the new affordable house purchase scheme. Laois Cou.
Two major Portlaoise housing developments are to bypass public consultation and councillors approval, to get them built faster, among 14 social housing project.
Complex issues around building and financing new social and affordable homes on council land in Portlaoise mean it will be years before construction can start. .