Income thresholds for social housing to rise by €5,000

Government to make more people eligible for social housing after housing minister comes under fire for failing to act on a year-old report on eligibility

Taoiseach Micheál Martin told his Fianna Fáil party colleagues the Government will sign off on increases to social housing thresholds. File picture: Leah Farrell/Rolling News

The Government is to sign off on increases to social housing thresholds which will see more families qualify for a home, the Taoiseach has told a private meeting of his party.

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien had come under fire for failing to act on a report on social housing eligibility which has sat on his desk for a year.