International organisation aims to tackle housing crisis

A NEW international, non-profit, Christian housing organisation has promised to build affordable housing for up to 50 families in Ireland each year from 2006.

Habitat for Humanity International launched its Irish division in Dublin yesterday with the commitment to contribute towards a solution to the country's housing crisis.

The event coincided with the pledge by a South African-based Irish businessman Niall J Mellon to donate 1 million to a similar project run by Habitat for Humanity in Cape Town.