A Donegal TD has claimed the budget has done nothing to address the ‘worst homelessness crisis in the history of the State’ and that the average price of a house has risen by 65 per cent since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
A Donegal TD has claimed the budget has done nothing to address the ‘worst homelessness crisis in the history of the State’ and that the average price of a house has risen by 65 per cent since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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00:00First, this document does nothing to actively address the worst housing and homelessness
00:04crisis in the history of this state.
00:07We have recorded over 14,000 people homeless in this country, and the same in community
00:11and the recent Hidden Homelessness Report have revealed that hidden homelessness impacts
00:15a further 30,000 households across the island of Ireland.
00:19There is no affordable housing available for those looking to buy a home, any TD who spends
00:23time in the constituency office will know this, and house prices will only continue
00:27to rise.
00:28In Donegal, prices in the third quarter of 2024 were 12% higher than a year previously.
00:34The average price of a home in Donegal is now 65% above the level seen at the start
00:39of the COVID-19 pandemic.