FF And FG Accused Of Providing 'Vague Proposals' Over Housing Crisis

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have been accused of providing "vague proposals" over the housing and homeless crisis.

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West Eoin Ó Broin said the two parties' agreement on housing is "not sufficient" to deal with the current crisis".

Deputy Ó Broin said called on the parties to provide a "detailed, workable plan that can be enacted immediately".

He said: "They say they will increase the supply of social and affordable housing. The real question is how many units are to be provided, when, at what cost and by whom? People want to know whether these units will be in addition to the targets set out in Alan Kelly's failed Social Housing Strategy 2020.


"Sinn Féin has set out an alternative local authority and housing association led programme of acquisition and construction significantly larger in scope that that of the outgoing Government. Anything short of this level of investment in public housing will not be sufficient.

"The specific mention of increasing the supply of Housing Assistance Payment tenancies suggests that the Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil agreement is wedded to the same over-reliance on the private sector that has caused so much difficulty for the strategy of the outgoing government.

"Likewise the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil agreement says measures will be taken to protect the family? What will these measures be and when will they be implemented?

"With families becoming homelessness on a daily basis, housing as a result of spiralling rents and rising home repossessions there is a need for housing and homelessness to be made an immediate priority."

(CD/LM)