Sinn Féin TD for Cavan-Monaghan Pauline Tully has warned that the housing crisis in Cavan and Monaghan is set to continue or get even worse, as the government is on track to miss their social and affordable housing targets this year. The comments were made after the Minister for Housing published his Quarter 3 social and affordable housing report.
Deputy Tully said that the housing crisis is causing misery in Cavan and Monaghan with people priced out of owning their own home due to eyewatering prices. She added that Sinn Féin have been very clear that ending this crisis must be a key priority of the government.
"Yesterday, Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien published his Quarter 3 social and affordable housing report," said Deputy Tully. "It is clear that once again government going to miss their social and affordable housing delivery targets this year.
"The Minister's plan promises 9100 new build social homes this year. At the end of September just 2642 had been delivered. Given that just 29% of this crucial target has been delivered by the end of the quarter it is hard to see him meeting the 9100 target by year's end. These are the much-needed homes for families and single people trapped in emergency homeless accommodation and languishing on lengthy Council waiting lists here in Cavan and Monaghan. Not only are the government's targets too low but once again they are not being met. The government is simply not delivering the scale of ambition that is needed to deliver meaningful change. The consequence is rising rents, rising house prices and rising homelessness in Cavan and Monaghan. The longer Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are in power the worse this housing crisis will get in Cavan, Monaghan and across the state."
