Housing action plan: €5.35bn allocation for development of social housing in Ireland

A total of €5.35bn is to be allocated to the development of social housing in Ireland, under the new housing and homeless plan unveiled by the Government yesterday.

This allocation is an increase of €2.2bn on what was already committed to social housing initiatives in Ireland.

This funding is specifically going towards the aim of having 47,000 more social housing units available by 2021.