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Thu 09 Sep 2006State to announce 3,000 low-cost homesPlans for the provision of up to 3,000 affordable homes on hundreds of acres of rezoned land in the greater Dublin area are due to be announced shortly by the Government, writes Carl O'Brien, Social Affairs Correspondent.  A State body, the Affordable Homes Partnership, has been in discussion with builders and developers on the delivery of affordable housing on 370 acres of land on more than a dozen sites in the greater Dublin area.