Housing

Analysis: Hiking housing targets will expose lack of progress to date

Darragh O’Brien’s housing plan is beginning to bear fruit, but the narrative of failure is likely to loom again in the new year

‘It is becoming increasingly clear the initial targets in Housing for All are out of kilter with what is required.’ Picture: Bloomberg

Housing has become a numbers game, and in recent weeks, the government has played it well.

It has been able to put forward a strong case that it is getting to grips with the crisis.

The government’s target was to build 29,000 new homes this year. Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, has predicted the total number of new-build homes in the state in 2023 will be more than 30,000. That would mean for the ...