Tackling Ireland's Housing Shortage

Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Housing Minister Simon Coveney and other Cabinet members have published the long awaited Action Plan "Rebuilding Ireland".

Described by Government as an 'action driven plan that will result in a dramatic increase in the delivery of homes nationwide'.

The plan provides an action-oriented approach to achieving Government's Housing objectives including

1. Tackling Homelessness -  6170 people recorded as homeless in May 2016
2. Increasing Social Housing Output - 47000 units to be delivered by 2021
3. Increasing Housing Output  - 25,000 units per annum by 2020
4. Improving the Rental Sector - 324,000 registered tenancies 
5. Utilising existing Housing Stock - 198,358 vacant homes in Ireland

(Source: rebuildingireland.ie)

Can 'Rebuilding Ireland' really tackle the country' housing shortage?  Only time will tell whether any or all of it has been made possible.