Government rebuts UN assertion that 'housing in Ireland is moderately unaffordable'

The Government has issued a lengthy rebuttal to the United Nations in response to criticism of the country's housing policies earlier this year.

It includes staunch defences of the Rebuilding Ireland housing strategy and initiatives such as the Vacant Sites Levy and the Rent Pressure Zones, and claims that the saga surrounding the Leeside Apartment Complex is "a demonstration of the State's efforts to provide social housing".