Sinn Féin labels housing a ‘social disaster’ while promising biggest ever public housing programme if elected

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Sinn Féin labels housing a ‘social disaster’ while promising biggest ever public housing programme if elected
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Pearse Doherty claims crisis did not happen by accident but stems from Govermment’s decision to outsource provision of housing to the private sector

“That model has failed with disastrous consequences,” the party’s deputy leader and finance spokesman said.

A failure to address the housing crisis and “our infrastructure deficit” was threatening competitiveness and living standards, he said. With Sinn Féin currently enjoying a 10-12 point lead in the polls over both Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, the party is on course to play a leading role in the formation of the next government.

However, he acknowledged the risks around corporation tax “with significant portion coming from a small number of foreign-owned multinationals”.

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