They are: homelessness; social housing; building more homes; the rental sector; and vacant housing. The Government is close to meeting its targets on social housing and new builds. When new developments are built the social housing element is often parcelled off many kilometres away, as Labour Senator Kevin Humphreys discovered. “There is an eight-fold increase in new build social homes since the year before Rebuilding Ireland – that is not a coincidence,” says Murphy. In any case more new families will be accommodated through new social housing homes, than through HAP supports in 2021.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2019 09:56 UTC