{"id":12081,"date":"2025-04-09T11:47:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=12081"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:48:15","slug":"government-is-losing-control-of-worsening-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/government-is-losing-control-of-worsening-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Government is losing control of worsening housing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dire warnings that as few as 25,000 homes might only be delivered this year are further proof that the housing crisis is spiralling out of control, according to Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Hearne, who is the party\u2019s housing spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government is following in the footsteps of its predecessor by coming out with outlandish house building projections, despite worrying indications of a downward trend in completions for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this week\u2019s Construction Industry Federation\/Irish Home Builders\u2019 Association Summit, representatives from Sherry Fitzgerald warned that, in their view, just 25,000 homes would be delivered this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis comes in the same week that the Cabinet approved the revised National Planning Framework, which includes targets of 50,000 homes to be built every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible to have faith in any targets set by a government dominated by Fianna F\u00e1il and Fine Gael, who cynically misled voters in the run up to the general election with unfounded predictions that 40,000 homes would be completed last year \u2013 a fictional figure they undershot by almost 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the current rate of delivery, there isn&#8217;t\u00a0a snowball\u2019s chance in hell that the programme for government commitment to build 300,000 homes between now and 2030 will be met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>April 9, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dire warnings that as few as 25,000 homes might only be delivered this year are further proof that the housing crisis is spiralling out of control, according to Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne. 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