Homelessness crisis will remain a challenge for years, admits minister

Housing minister James Browne has conceded that the homelessness crisis will “continue to be a challenge over the next couple of years” as he declined to say when homelessness numbers may begin to fall.

He also acknowledged that current housing output, including the delivery of cost-rental and social homes, is not meeting demand. 

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