A NEW TOURIST tax, a targeted energy credit for low-income households, and a €120 million modular home factory are among the measures in the Social Democrats’ alternative budget. They would increase State-led supply of affordable homes by investing €120 million in “modular home factories to rapidly turbocharge delivery”, funded by the removal of subsidies for developers. Under a state construction company, the party said a modular home factory could produce 2,000 homes every year, and such factories could be rolled out across the country. “And you know, developing tourism is about having good services as well, and good funding streams for that as well – it is about quality. “And we also know that hotel bedroom prices aren’t always set just in terms of the cost of provision.