Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-06
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

Why has the Government not announced the details of the review on the income eligibility thresholds for social housing and social housing support, despite a promise that this would be done before the summer recess? I will tell the House why. It is because the Government is terrified of what it will show about social housing need in this country and the cost to the State. The LDA has been in existence for four years with not one single social or affordable house delivered. I repeat, it is not one single house from the LDA. The first one that will be delivered in my area is not due until 2024. Average house prices in Dublin are €509,000. One would need a salary of €150,000 per year in order to get a mortgage on a property like that. The Government's affordable housing schemes are linked to a discount on that absolutely obscene price. In my area, average house prices are €700,000. A whole future generation of young people and working people will never be able to own their own home and will be prey to obscene rents that are being charged of €2,000 and €2,200 per month.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-06