Fr McVerry: €312m for social housing ‘not enough’

Plan to build 1,700 homes by 2017 ‘less than 2% of a housing waiting list of over 100,000 households’

Fr McVerry: €312m for social housing ‘not enough’

The Government is to give local authorities €312 million to construct social housing in 100 separate projects with the aim of building 1,700 homes by 2017.

The plan was unveiled yesterday by Environment Minister Alan Kelly and Minister of State for Housing Paudie Coffey.

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