Focus should be on completions rather than projections, James Browne says
fell to 30,000The Minister was responding to queries about the disparity between projects and the number of new homes delivered in 2024.Fr Peter McVerry resigns from key role in housing charity
The new Planning and Development Act will clear the pathway to homes being delivered across the country, he said. The planning process in the past had led to delays, but changes should reduce objections. “I think we do have to probably rely less on projections. And that’s why I say I want to focus more on how to just get every lever of the State focused on delivering houses, build, build, build is what we need to do. Many are getting caught up in projections.”
“If the government genuinely believed they were going to be building that number as late as December of last year, then it’s clearly not competent to see it fall so far short. And this matters to households who are struggling, to people who can’t get a home, to people facing eviction, to families who are desperate to get an affordable and secure home.”
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