An additional €100 million has been secured to tackle the housing and homelessness crisis throughout Ireland.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy said €92m is being provided for the local authority capital programme and €8 million is to be used to deliver homes under the National Regeneration Programme.

Minister Murphy said: "This is the first social housing construction status report that I have published since we announced that the target for delivery of social homes under Rebuilding Ireland has increased to 50,000, from the original target of 47,000. Funding of €6 billion is now place to support this delivery. Additionally, in September I announced under the Review of Rebuilding Ireland that we are redirecting resources from acquisitions to direct build programmes for local authorities and approved housing bodies and this will be reflected in the construction programme as we move forward. I also announced that Minister of State English will lead a new delivery team in the Department to work with local authorities and approved housing bodies. That team is now being established and will have at the centre of its work, the advancement of all of the projects reflected in the construction status report. We are now seeing more and more projects start and finish on site with each quarterly report and the extra financial and human resources we are making available will enhance this activity."

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