Eoin Ó Broin: New housing minister promises more of the same 

Focus on institutional investors has just seen them build pricey rentals in Dublin city centre. That does not serve the majority of people, writes Eoin Ó Broin

Eoin O Broin: 'There are solutions to the housing crisis. But they are not to be found in punishing tenants with ever-rising rents or fleecing taxpayers with more subsidies for already profitable large investors and developers.' File photo: Liam McBurney/PA

This week’s report on social and affordable housing delivery from the Department of Housing was depressing but not surprising.

It confirmed that once again the Government had missed its social and affordable housing targets. In 2024, it promised to deliver 9,300 new build social homes, 2,400 cost rental homes and 2,000 affordable purchase homes.