Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has warned that housing is at 'huge crisis point', with nurses in Dublin spending half of their salaries on 'extortionate' rents
Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has warned that housing is at"huge crisis point", with nurses in Dublin spending half of their salaries on"extortionate" rents.
Mr Doherty said housing was now a"huge crisis point" because so many nurses were emigrating, and the Government should adopt Sinn Féin's policy of a three-year rent freeze and giving a month's rent back into people's pockets. — RTÉ News December 8, 2022 Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told the Dáil that"everyone in Government" recognises that there is a"deep crisis" when it comes to housing.
He told the Dáil that 16,000 people, mostly couples, had bought their first home this year - the highest total since 2005 or 2006. Labour leader Ivana Bacik has called on the Government to introduce policies to ensure that derelict and unused homes are brought back into use. The Tánaiste said a 'carrot and stick approach' is being implemented | Read more political coverage: https://t.co/jZge7My7C8 pic.twitter.com/dQGTzljE0m
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