A voluntary rural resettlement scheme could be considered to help address the country's housing crisis, Leo Varadkar has said. A voluntary rural resettlement scheme could be considered to help address the country's housing crisis, Leo Varadkar has said. Such a scheme would see families moving from local authority housing in congested urban areas to homes in rural Ireland. The housing conference, which follows on from the first one in September, will examine how local authorities can use their powers to bring vacant housing back into use. In its attempts to address the housing crisis, Louth County Council used compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) to bring 51 vacant properties back into use.

Source: Irish Independent December 31, 2017 00:00 UTC