Call for Kildare County Council to build more houses
Criticism
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There was overwhelming support for a call for more houses to be built, at a recent Kildare County Council meeting.
And there was criticism of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) system, which provides financial assistance for households who qualify for social housing and who are trying to rent a home on the private market.
There are about 2,400 people receiving HAP within County Kildare but Cllr Noel Connolly said the only long term answer is for public housing to be built on publicly-owned land.
He said that HAP limits are too low to allow families or individuals to actually avail of much of the rented accommodation that is available in the county.