A Home. For Everyone

• Ireland’s housing crisis is a social and economic emergency.

• The inability to find somewhere to call home results in delayed family formation, limits social mobility, and depresses economic growth.

• Ireland needs to build 35,000 homes per annum to meet demand.

• 20,433 home completions were recorded in 2021.

• 10,492 people were homeless in June 2022 – 7,421 adults & 3,071 children.

What We Will Do

• Recognise that the scale of the crisis requires the state to take a more direct role in delivering social & affordable housing.

• Reform Ireland’s planning system to reduce delays in reaching planning decisions.

• Identify “shovel-ready” sites for development and, if necessary, use Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) to purchase those sites for social and affordable housing.

• Eliminate loopholes in Vacant Site Levy legislation.

• Require Local Authorities to sell, for a nominal amount, social houses that are vacant for at least 6 months to applicants who agree to renovate the home and live in it as their primary residence for a minimum of 7 years.

• Implement income tax and regulatory reforms to encourage greater private investment in Ireland’s housing market.

• Abolish rent controls – a failed policy that has helped only to accelerate the reduction in the supply of rental homes.

• Protect the integrity of social housing provision by tackling rent arrears through the imposition of garnishments on salary or social welfare payments where appropriate.

• Prioritise those with local connections on social housing waiting lists.