Covid 'has exposed inadequate housing supply and inequality'

A digital illustration of what some of the 38 new social housing units to be delivered by The Peter McVerry Trust in Limerick. Social Justice Ireland has called on the Government to build 14,341 social homes each year for the next 10 years.

Covid-19 has “exposed and exacerbated weaknesses” in Irish society, including a “totally inadequate supply of social housing” and growing inequality, an independent think-tank will say.

Speaking at a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on budgetary oversight, Social Justice Ireland (SJI) will today highlight areas that they believe should be prioritised in this year’s budget as the country exits the pandemic.