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Social housing groups have welcomed the Government’s social housing strategy, published this week, describing it as ‘long over-due and badly needed’.
The Government has commitment to deliver 35,000 additional social housing units by 2020, as well as 75,000 more secure homes in the private rented sector, this at a time when there are 90,000 families on waiting lists for social housing. The promised investment of €3.8 billion in housing has also been welcomed.
The Executive Director of the ICSH, says the plan announced on Wednesday takes a strategic approach to the provision of social housing, something that has been sadly missing from housing policy in recent years. He goes on to state that the last comprehensive housing policy published by Government was in 1995. Since then, Ireland has suffered boom and bust, including our worst ever recession, and we are currently facing a housing crisis with 90,000 households on waiting lists for social housing.
Treshold state that of the thousands of families throughout Ireland with a housing need right now, some of these families are experiencing, or are facing, homelessness. They cannot afford to wait for two or more years, while the Government gets new social housing construction underway. They need assistance right now!
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