Communities urged to ‘embrace new social housing’

Respond, one of the country’s longstanding approved housing bodies (AHBs), has asked communities to support new social housing and homeless services in their area in the midst of the current crisis.

Launching its annual report for 2017, Respond said it currently owns and manages 4,329 homes or apartments accommodating 8,717 people throughout Ireland and aims to provide at least 2,500 new social homes over the next five years at an estimated total capital outlay of €756m.