Local Authority Housing
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-24
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Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF), Dublin South-Central

I acknowledge what the Minister of State has said but that will not provide the additional supports for those who are waiting to get on the list. The average rent in Dublin at present is over €2,000. For families who are on approximately €40,000 or €45,000 per year, that means two weeks' wages or more. The minimum income required for the average priced house in Dublin is over €100,000 and the average house price is over €400,000. There is no hope for them. That is the way they see it. They are cut off from all those options and they are also cut off from social housing in any shape or form. I call on the Minister of State to accelerate the delivery of affordable houses and affordable rental with faster provision than is the case at the moment.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-24