Questions as councils reject 4,000 Nama properties

Local authorities have been called upon to explain why they have turned down accepting some 4,000 properties for social housing in recent years.

The information emerged as Nama chiefs answered questions about the number of properties councils had taken on, while appearing at the Public Accounts Committee.

Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh revealed that local authorities had turned down accepting some 4,044 properties of 6,565 offered to them for social housing since 2011.