Paul Hosford: Housing plan has one year to deliver change — or be consigned to the bin

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien understands that fundamental change was and is needed in the housing sector. However, the public will question the pace at which this change is being achieved.

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Housing, Eoin Ó Broin, on the one-year anniversary of the publication of the government’s ‘Housing for All’ plan. When it was launched, the Government trumpeted four main pathways to a more sustainable housing system. Photo: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

A year ago yesterday, one of the cornerstone policies of this government launched to some fanfare.

Housing For All is, as Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien will tell you, a multi-year, fully-funded plan to overhaul Ireland's housing system. To make homes more available, cheaper and greener, revitalising towns and cities and cut through the red tape of the planning system.