Government scheme fails to deliver on 1,500 homes target

Four Dublin authorities combined bought just 22 homes under scheme allowing councils to buy houses sold by landlords  

Minister Darragh O’Brien is 'confident' home-purchase targets will be reached. Picture: Gareth Chaney

A Government housing scheme aimed at buying 1,500 homes for local authority tenants has come under fire as just a fraction of that total has been delivered.

The four Dublin authorities combined bought just 22 homes under the tenant-in-situ scheme, which allows councils to buy the homes being sold by landlords of those on housing lists.