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Isn't it difficult to credit that almost 45% of the vacant homes that NAMA has identified for social housing in Cork have not been accepted for use? Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said this week that, according to information provided through Parliamentary Questions, NAMA has identified 890 ready-to-live-in units in Cork City and County that can be transferred to the local authorities to provide homes to people who need them. However the figures show that just 497 of these have been accepted by Cork City and County Councils so far.
Of the 4,369 homes suitable for social housing identified by NAMA, just 1,988 of them are being transferred to the relevant local authorities, this with 100,000 people around the country on the social housing list?
There has been much talk about ghost estates and what could, or should, be done with them. Social housing will still have to be provided in one form or another - no wonder then we are surprised at the figures above.
It's hard to know how the Fianna Fáil leader might have acted on this issue if he happened to be in power, but in his own words, it’s difficult for people to understand how ready-to-live-in homes can be sitting there unused while so many people are in desperate need of somewhere to live!
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