Government has no hope of delivering 40,000 homes by the end of the year
The Housing Minister’s continued insistence that the Government will deliver 40,000 homes this year is at odds with all of the facts and independent analysis, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan.
“According to the CSO, housing completions in the first nine months of the year are down on the same period last year.
“Despite this, the Housing Minister continues to insist that 40,000 homes will be delivered this year. The Minister has failed to provide any evidence to back up this assertion – preferring to rely instead on his own bullish optimism.
“After more than four years in office, the Housing Minister’s record is one of median house price increases of €85,000 and the serial failure to meet social and affordable housing targets.
“As we now face into an election, the Minister is asking voters to ignore forecasts from the ESRI and the Central Bank, which both say housing delivery will not exceed 33,000 homes, and data from the CSO, which confirms falling housing output.
“Voters deserve more than gaslighting and spin from the Housing Minister. Instead of facing up to falling completion numbers, and outlining what the government proposes to do to turn around this disaster, the Minister is refusing to accept reality.
“That reality is that this government has no hope of delivering 40,000 homes by the end of the year and their housing plan is a failure.”