State housing scheme ‘a flop’

The Government’s housing assistance payment (HAP) scheme has been described as a “major flop” and has lead to concerns proposed prefabs could become Ireland’s new ghettos.
State housing scheme ‘a flop’

The scheme, designed to help combat the housing crisis, has a poor sign-up rate with only 33 landlords offering tenancies in Dublin City.

Aisling Hedderman from the Irish Housing Network claims temporary prefabs, backed by the council, could end up becoming permanent ghettos if more landlords do not avail of the new scheme.

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