Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2021-05-17
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Lynn Boylan (SF), Agricultural Panel

I withdraw "lying". I will say it is a distortion of the truth. The 1% did not refer to price inflation. The detailed analysis of this scheme was carried out by the London School of Economics and Political Science and it found that house prices increased by 6%.
Sinn Féin has an alternative. We would oversee a doubling of direct capital investment, at least €2.8 billion annually, in public housing to meet social and affordable need. It would deliver a minimum of 8,000 affordable homes each year, with 4,000-----

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Sitting date: 2021-05-17