Two-thirds on social housing list wait over two years

Two-thirds on social housing list wait over two years

Since the first annual assessment was conducted in 2016, there has been a 35% reduction in the social housing waiting list. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The number of households on social housing waiting lists dropped by only 4% last year.

The latest Summary of Social Housing Assessments shows 59,247 households were on waiting lists last year — down from almost 62,000 in 2020.

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