Rising rents and lack of social housing has driven up homelessness in Ireland, EU warns

Rapidly rising rents, insufficient construction activity and a lack of affordable and social housing has driven up homelessness in Ireland, a new European Commission report has said

Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie RAPIDLY RISING RENTS, insufficient construction activity and a lack of affordable and social housing has driven up homelessness in Ireland, a new European Commission report has said.

It noted that demand for social housing stands at around 72,000 homes but just 10,000 are planned for delivery in 2019. The report also noted that the Irish government has implemented a broad range of measures to tackle the under-supply of housing, but that the results will “take time”.

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