Housing action plan: Simon Coveney bets his career on promise to end homelessness

Simon Coveney has effectively promised to end homelessness and the housing emergency in one big swoop. The housing minister is betting his career on fixing the crisis.

The results, though, are so dependent on a number of factors in the sector falling or being driven into place.

Mr Coveney’s success will be based on the actual delivery of the housing units in the social and private sector, supports given to renters, changes experienced by those without a home, and the speed at which all this can be achieved.