Let’s get our social housing in order

Carol Tallon Talking Property: The new strategy is a halfway house to solving the homeless crisis, but it’s a good start

Carol Tallon

Last week saw the release of the government strategy to deal with social housing. The broad plan was outlined in Budget 2015 last month. However, it was criticised for being light on actionable details. This most recent report goes some way to address those criticisms.

The main provision is the increased budget, from €2.2 billion to €3.8 billion over the next six years, which is to be welcomed. The primary focus of the ...