Government warned to stop treating older people as 'house-blockers'

The Government has been warned to stop treating older people as "house-blockers" making the housing crisis worse simply because they own family-size homes they have paid off over decades.

Fianna Fáil housing spokesman, Darragh O'Brien, hit out at the situation after it emerged that the Government is making a fresh push to encourage elderly people out of their homes to free up housing for the rest of the population.