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Government may have grossly overstated home completion numbers for 2022 Figures published today suggest that the Government may be significantly overstating the number of homes completed in 2022, according to Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “There is a huge discrepancy between the 23,751 figure reported by Construction Information Services (CIS) and the almost 30,000 […]

Average asking rents are now out of reach of most workers, particularly in our cities Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan has repeated his call for increased delivery of cost rental and affordable purchase homes following publication of the latest Daft.ie report. “The most up to date figures on the cost of renting a home […]

Vacancy rate of 4.3% represents tens of thousands of homes lying empty while 11,632 people are living in emergency homeless accommodation  The Vacant Dwelling Indicators released today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) highlight the urgent need for a strong and effective Vacant Homes Tax, according to Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “The fact […]

Lifting the ban at the end of March will create a tsunami of evictions, with homelessness services already completely overstretched  The latest homelessness figures highlight the need for an extension of the ban on evictions and a ramping up of tenant in situ purchases, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan. Deputy O’Callaghan, who is […]

The Government must now explain why the State cannot – or will not – build enough social homes The Taoiseach has finally admitted that the Government’s own target for the delivery of social homes in 2022 was missed, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan. Deputy O’Callaghan, who is the party’s Housing spokesperson, said: “When […]

Some renters losing out on rebate because landlords are not registered with Residential Tenancies Board The Government needs to do more to raise awareness of the €500 annual rent credit introduced in Budget 2023, according to Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “It has been reported that only a fraction of those who are eligible […]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform document shows hundreds of millions of euros left unspent as housing crisis deepens  The Minister for Housing must explain why he failed to spend nearly €1 billion of the capital allocation for housing in 2022, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan. Deputy O’Callaghan, who is the party’s spokesperson […]

House prices nationally are now 3 percent above their highest point at the peak of the property boom Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan has called on the Minister for Housing to explain what he is going to do to address the rising cost of home ownership after figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) […]

Increased delivery of cost rental, social and affordable homes is the only solution to this housing crisis The chronic shortage of properties available to those dependent on the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) highlights the urgent need for the Government to speed up delivery of cost rental, social and affordable homes, according to Social Democrats TD […]

Commenting on the resignation of Minister of State Damien English, Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan said: “Just six months after the resignation of Robert Troy over a property-related matter, we now have another Junior Minister overboard. “Deputy English made the correct decision to immediately resign after it emerged he gave incorrect information to a […]