{"id":1439,"date":"2021-02-05T14:08:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/land-development-agency-must-build-affordable-homes-cian-ocallaghan-td\/"},"modified":"2021-02-05T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:08:34","slug":"land-development-agency-must-build-affordable-homes-cian-ocallaghan-td","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/land-development-agency-must-build-affordable-homes-cian-ocallaghan-td\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Development Agency must build affordable homes \u2013 Cian O\u2019Callaghan TD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reacting to the publication of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021, Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan TD said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government plan to sell homes at full market prices on public land is a slap in the face to the thousands of people currently locked out of buying their own home.\u00a0The core objective of the Land Development Agency must be to build houses at prices that people can afford.\u00a0This must be its top priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government is utterly failing on its promises to deliver affordable housing. This time last year, Fianna F\u00e1il said they would build 50,000 social houses and 50,000 affordable homes. The affordable target for this year is just 400 \u2013 that&#8217;s less than 1% of their overall promise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost of housing is having a crippling effect on people. The State must take a proactive role in the building of social and affordable homes up and down the country. 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