Housing minister considers emergency powers to get properties for Ukrainian refugees

Housing minister considers emergency powers to get properties for Ukrainian refugees

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien: Has emergency powers whereby certain planning and procurement requirements can be exempted where required to speed up housing delivery in emergency situations. Picture: Niall Carson

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien's plan to home thousands of Ukrainian refugees will consider the use of emergency powers for procuring properties.

The minister will bring a memo to Cabinet tomorrow which will outline further details in relation to medium and longer-term housing options in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis.

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