Sinn Féin has called for a "radical reset" of the housing policy in response to the recent Society of Chartered Surveyors (SCSI) residential property report, which highlights the urgent need for change.

Eoin Ó Broin, the party's housing spokesperson, pointed out that the SCSI report reveals how even a couple with a combined income of over €100,000 would struggle to afford a newly built three-bedroom home in many areas of the state.

In a statement Teachta Ó Broin said:

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"Today’s SCSI residential property report confirms the need for a radical reset of housing policy. The report’s affordability analysis shows that a couple earning over €100,000 would struggle to buy a new three-bedroom home in many parts of the state.

"Sinn Féin has long argued that the private residential development model in the state is broken. Bad government policy and failure to deliver affordable homes is pushing up house prices.

"We urgently need a new approach. Sinn Féin has set out, in our affordable homes plan, what that new approach looks like. In government, we would invest in the delivery of tens of thousands of affordable homes at prices that working people can actually afford.

"That is why we need a general election, a change of government and Sinn Féin’s alternative housing plan, which puts genuinely affordable homes at its very heart."