The government in Ireland has announced its COVID-19 recovery plan. Its promises for housing raise serious questions about whether the government is paying any attention to its electors.
Housing was a key issue in the national elections that were held in February.1 The opposition party’s housing critic evaluates the recovery housing plan and finds that it falls well short of pre-election commitments, never mind any of the promises in the run up to the election. Read more in An Phoblacht: Rebuilding Ireland limps on in draft programme for government – Eoin Ó Broin TD
Academics have also questioned the wisdom of the recovery plan. Orla Hegarty, who teaches at University College in Dublin, asks whether there is any sense in a plan that will build limited handfuls of social housing units at a price that is twice what it costs to actually build them. Hegarty’s article is published in the Irish Times: Programme For Government Wrong To Put Faith In Private Builders
Footnotes
- For more on the election, try: Watch Out, Politicians! The Housing Crisis Is Coming To Bite Your Ass!
