Minister hails social housing increase

The Government has announced that more than 8,400 social housing units were built, repaired or made available last year. The figure met just over half of new demands on council housing lists, however.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy’s officials say the new figures for 2018 show that of the 8,422 properties brought into the social housing stock, 4,251 were new builds, 560 were renovated voids, while another 3,611 were acquisitions and long- term leased properties.