Housing action plan: Haven’t we seen all this before?

Noel Baker looks at a timeline of events that has led to the Housing Action Plan.

August 2008:

The Way Home: A Strategy to Address Adult Homelessness in Ireland 2008–2013. Targets in the plan, introduced by then-Environment Minister John Gormley included eliminating long-term occupation of emergency homeless facilities; eliminating the need to sleep rough; and preventing homelessness, as far as possible.