More than 200 co-living apartments that have been approved for Dun Laoghaire have been described as 'nothing more than modern tenements'.
The development will see apartments with en-suite bedrooms that contain a pull-up bed and a kitchenette and more than 40 people will share each kitchen and living area.
The co-living apartments will be built by property group Bartra Capital on Eblana Avenue.
But the development has been slammed as an attempt to 'maximise the profits' at the site in central Dun Laoghaire.
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett is set to launch a Change.org petition against the development today.
He said: "This application is for nothing more than modern tenements and an excuse for Bartra to maximise the profits at this prime site in central Dun Laoghaire.
"The planning permission was sought by Bartra under the contentious Strategic Housing Development (SHD) legislation that is currently under review.
"In fact, last week I made a submission to the SHD review calling for the scheme to be scrapped on the grounds that it was contributing nothing to addressing the housing crisis but was simply a means for developers to bypass the normal planning process in pursuit of profit.
"This legislation was supposedly enacted to tackle the housing crisis. These box rooms with pull out beds will have zero impact on the housing crisis and will only mean more unaffordable, inadequate places to sleep for people.
"Inevitably the box rooms will become modern day tenements and the only people to benefit will be the greedy developers who are only interested in exploiting the housing crisis rather than solving it.
"What we need in central Dun Laoghaire is decent quality, affordable and public homes for those currently paying extortionate rents and those on the waiting lists.”
