Housing Minister hopes Rent Register legislation will be in place before Easter recess

Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has defended the Government’s housing policy saying that housing stock has increased drastically with eight times the number of new builds being completed in recent years.

There were 4,251 new social housing builds in 2018 with 2,022 built by local authorities, 1,388 by Approved Housing Bodies and 841 homes provided through the Part V requirement on new developments.