Housing action plan: Plan a ‘bow to developers’, claim Opposition TDs

Housing Minister Simon Coveney has pledged local authorities will significantly ramp up their housing construction after just building 72 units last year.

His commitment came as Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin claimed yesterday that it was a “scandal” that there were empty houses in local authority stock given the housing emergency.

Opposition TDs also argued 100,000 families had “rotted” on social housing lists for 15 years but that the Government’s new housing strategy was just a “bow to developers” and their demands.