{"id":24250,"date":"2021-12-02T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=24250"},"modified":"2021-12-03T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:57:55","slug":"sinn-fein-attacks-governments-record-on-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=24250","title":{"rendered":"Sinn F\u00e9in Attacks Government’s Record On Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sinn F\u00e9in’s housing spokesman Eoin \u00d3 Broin (PA)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sinn F\u00e9in has attacked the Government\u2019s record on housing, warning that it is presiding over a housing system set to remain unaffordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eoin \u00d3 Broin told the D\u00e1il on Thursday that a recent report suggested that house prices will only increase into the future, despite recent Government policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour housing policy is a failure,\u201d he told T\u00e1naiste Leo Varadkar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnder your watch, fewer working people than ever before can put a roof over their heads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sinn F\u00e9in housing spokesman was referring to media reports citing a study by professional services firm KPMG which predicted that residential property prices in Dublin could rise by 25 per cent over the next seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo you and the Government accept the findings of the significant KPMG report? And what are you going to do that you\u2019re not already proposing that would bring house prices down so that working people can afford to put a roof over their heads in the capital in the years to come?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He called on the Government to increase investment in affordable homes and called current housing targets \u201cpaltry\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Varadkar, who said he has not yet read the report, said: \u201cI\u2019m not sure whether that report is predictive or not, but it doesn\u2019t have to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHouse prices in Ireland are too high and out of reach for too many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSupply on its own will not bring down house prices, but we will not bring down house prices without supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need additional supply because of the huge deficit of housing we have in Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Varadkar said all types of housing are required, including one-bedroom and two-bedroom homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also defended the Government\u2019s controversial help-to-buy scheme and promised that a new shared equity scheme will also help anyone hoping to buy a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the Government is overseeing 10,000 new social homes being provided every year and called this a \u201cstep change\u201d.<\/p>\n

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