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THE GOVERNMENT HAS revealed that fewer than 6,000 new social houses were built in 2019, falling short of the target under Rebuilding Ireland for the second year running.
New figures from the Department of Housing show that 5,771 new builds were delivered last year, with 2,271 by local authorities and 2,174 by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs).
A further 1,326 units were delivered through the Part V scheme, whereby 10% of land zoned for private developments is earmarked for social and affordable housing.
The overall figure falls short of the target for 6,545 units of new social housing set out in Rebuilding Ireland for 2019.
However, there was an increase in the number of houses built in 2018, when 4,811 units were delivered. The target for the same year was 4,969 new builds.
The data also shows that 1,161 new social housing units were delivered through the social housing leasing scheme, 2,772 were acquired via banks’ investment or loan portfolios, and 303 were brought back into use through the renovation of vacant houses.
Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin said that Rebuilding Ireland had “consistently failed” to meet the demands of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness.
He pointed to a report by the cross-party committee report in 2016, which called for 10,000 social homes owned by local authorities and AHBs to be delivered every year for five years.
“Four years in and Fine Gael are still more than 16% short of this crucial target,” Ó Broin said.
“This is why housing need continues to rise and the homeless crisis continues to spiral out of control.”
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For the spongers….. As if they don’t get enough!!! Maybe try get a job
@Kev Barnes: your a fool. Have you ever spoken to a genuine homeless person. You don’t no peoples life circumstances so don’t judge. Have a bit of compassion, it’s Christmas. This is not about people getting so called free houses, it’s about putting a smile on someone’s face. Crawl back into your hole
@Kev Barnes: most probably do have jobs. They are probably being paid minimum wage by billion euro companies. Working full time at minimum wage gives you around €380 a week. Average place in Dublin is around €1600. Even if both are working they would struggle to cover the rent. So the government step in and supplement this by way of our taxes. But of all the people you are pissed off with it’s the person not earning enough to cover their rent. They are at the mercy of their landlord with severe HAP discrimination. Most of them can’t afford to buy presents in fact most probably struggle to feed their families but I’m glad that the Christmas sprit is alive and well in you.
@Sos: it’s sad how someone can have such harsh views on children living in poverty. It’s not like the child asked to be born without the luxuries these people have.
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: I have actually I was homeless myself at one point but sorted my life out thankfully
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: Whether or not you disagree with his comments, calling somebody a ‘fool’ whilst incorrectly spelling the word ‘You’re’ shows that perhaps he’s not the only ‘fool’.
@Lovely weather: look up the dictionary, I think you will find “fool” is the correct spelling
@Lovely weather: “fool”noun.
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: nah I expect their parents to get their acts together like most people in society.. My heart goes out to the children that was never my point… Oh and thank you for following my posts
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: he said “whilst incorrectly spelling the word “you’re”" not fool…
@Sharon Fernandes: even so the point about the definition whether made intentionally or not would still stand.that is a fool being a person without judgement or sense not a person who makes minor grammatical errors
If they’re anything like Erica Fleming and Co, they’ll laugh at shoebox 2nd hand presents.
If they’re not paying rent, then they are wealthier than the people the chuggers target.
You’re being fooled.
Don’t waste your money on these “charities”, donate to Bóthar or something.
@T Beckett is back: I think ICHH is actually one of the few good charities that has scaled without spending a ton of exec salaries etc. I think all their people are volunteers without pay. I like that they publish full audited accounts rather than ‘annual reports’ with cherry-picked information like most charities too.
One of the only ones I’ve donated to with how bad most Irish charities are with frivilous spending and mismanagement.
@T Beckett is back: I grew up in a shit hole a real bad bad shit hole.My first memory of fear was maybe 10 cops with sub machine guns on the shared balcony trying to get the lads who just robbed a jewellers.I always remembers this. Personally I wouldn’t ever give to Charities as the people who need it don’t get it the people who don’t need it demand it. Your all being taken for a ride. Charity begins at home.
I don’t understood a family being homeless in Dublin.
I commute from the midlands to Dublin for work (can’t afford to live in Dublin) and we(we have a young child) live on one civil service income.
Great idea. Bridges of hope are another group helping the homeless. Every Saturday night in the City Centre giving clothes and food. A Christmas dinner for homeless people and families in emergency accommodation will be held by them on Christmas
Excellent homeless charity!Some schools give out backpacks with essential items also& it’s great to see compassionate people including children.
The way some commentators here,often under pseudonyms, talk about fellow human beings in desperate stressful circumstances is truly disgusting and shameful!
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