The Dail has unexpectedly passed a Sinn Fein motion on affordable housing after the Government apparently failed to vote on its own countermotion. The Sinn Fein motion, which is non-binding, calls for affordable housing to be delivered with a maximum cost in Dublin of €230,000 and less outside the capital and with monthly rental costs of €700 to €900. It also called for capital investment to be doubled with €2.8 billion spending on public housing every year with 20,000 affordable homes constructed annually. The Government apparently failed to move its own countermotion, no vote was recorded and the Sinn Fein motion was passed. Local authority-led direct build affordable housing “will be the central plank of the Government’s plans”, he stressed.

Source: The Irish Times May 18, 2021 20:38 UTC