Michael Clifford: Housing is in an even sicker state than health

Once the fog of this pandemic lifts, the urgency to tackling housing is going to return to the top of the agenda. The Government and Opposition may need to change their questionable ideologies around the issue to resolve it.

A small tent and duvet at a public seating area beside the River Lee in Cork. The societal stain of homelessness, the warehousing of children in hotel rooms, and the incapacity of a whole generation to have a home like their parents and grandparents did, is a central political preoccupation. File photo: Larry Cummins

Last Monday, in the pages of the Irish Examiner[/url], the Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien wrote the following: “I am committed to pragmatism over ideology and delivery over dogmatism to boost housing supply and open up home ownership to a new generation.” 

Housing hasn’t gone away, you know.