The Housing Minister’s ruled out creating another Irish Water type body to solve the country’s housing crisis.
Eoghan Murphy says the suggestion – which was mooted last week – to create another state agency to build social housing isn’t actually under consideration.
Minister Murphy says we need to face up to the homelessness problem as a society and find radical solutions.
He’s insisting the Government’s trying to get organisations already in place to work more closely together.
The housing crisis has also sparked concerns about vulture funds forcing people out of their homes.
There’s been a tenfold increase in the number of debt enforcement cases they’ve taken in the High Court, meaning that more than 500 homeowners have been threatened with eviction so far this year.
David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Association says the Government needs to step in.
