{"id":2019,"date":"2023-01-25T16:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/taoiseach-finally-admits-that-governments-own-target-for-social-housing-was-missed\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:10:33","slug":"taoiseach-finally-admits-that-governments-own-target-for-social-housing-was-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/taoiseach-finally-admits-that-governments-own-target-for-social-housing-was-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach finally admits that Government\u2019s own target for social housing was missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Government must now explain why the State cannot \u2013 or will not \u2013 build enough social homes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Taoiseach has finally admitted that the Government\u2019s own target for the delivery of social homes in 2022 was missed, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s Housing spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen questioned in the D\u00e1il today by my colleague Catherine Murphy TD, the Taoiseach conceded, for the first time, that the target for social housing had not been met last year. This admission is a departure from the usual Government spin on housing delivery figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to remember that the initial target for new-build social homes in 2022 was 9,000, but this was quietly reduced to 8,000 in November. By September, just over 2,700 social homes had been delivered, with more than 70% of them acquired from the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast December, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform warned that only 6,500 social homes were likely to be delivered by the end of the year. This falls short of the original target set by the Government by as much as 30%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shortfall in the delivery of social homes is not surprising when you consider that, according to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Housing Minster failed to spend almost \u20ac1 billion of his capital allocation last year. This is a grave insult to the record numbers of people living in emergency homeless accommodation and the tens of thousands of renters struggling to pay unaffordable rents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the Taoiseach\u2019s admission of his Government&#8217;s spectacular housing policy failure, he now needs to explain why the State cannot \u2013 or will not \u2013 build enough social homes and outline what immediate action he is going to take to address this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>January 25, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government must now explain why the State cannot \u2013 or will not \u2013 build enough social homes The Taoiseach has finally admitted that the Government\u2019s own target for the delivery of social homes in 2022 was missed, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan. 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