Mick Clifford: Missed housing targets means destruction of social contract for young people continues

The Deloitte Crane survey reported earlier this week that the completion of housing targets for 2030 will fall short by around 130,000 homes

In the Dáil on Wednesday,  Social Democrats’ Rory Hearne  clashed with Taoiseach Micheál Martin on foot of the publication of the Deloitte report on the housing targets shortfall. File picture: PA

A report out this week should have rung like a death knell for the Government, but precious little attention was paid to it. 

That in itself speaks volumes about where the country is at right now. Some are quite happy to trundle along, while others suffer in quiet desperation.