Housing report: Decades of interventions have not solved 'systemic failures'

The report suggests a radical strategic reset of housing policy as the only solution which will work

The report says that inconsistency across the housing sector "undermines confidence" and that "as a consequence of policy failures Ireland in comparison with European partners has one of the highest levels of public expenditure on housing but one of the poorest outcomes". Picture: PA

Several decades of interventions in the housing sector have not solved "fundamentally systemic failures", the Housing Commission report has found.

The report also suggests a radical strategic reset of housing policy as the only solution which will work. The report, which has been submitted to Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien and seen by the Irish Examiner, found these failures "must be addressed".