Councils fail to meet building targets

It will be at least March before the Government reveals how many social houses it plans to build in each local authority this year.

Despite calling in the heads of the 31 local authorities yesterday, Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy was unable to give details on how and where a promised 3,800 new social houses will be delivered this year.

Local authorities failed to meet their construction targets in 2017, delivering just 2,245 new social homes instead of the target of 2,434.