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Minister OâBrien announces plans to boost social housing delivery
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh OâBrien TD, has announced plans to support the delivery of social housing stock following a 14 week construction sector shut-down. The plan includes:
⢠A voids programme which will target almost 3,000 vacant properties to be remediated for re-letting this year
⢠An increased focus on Buy and Renew construction with a particular emphasis on rundown vacant properties that local authorities can repurpose as social housing units
⢠A programme of targeted acquisitions by local authorities
⢠Evaluation of local authority resources
Minister OâBrien welcomed the recent resumption of residential construction saying: