A Donegal County Councillor has estimated that Donegal has an 88.5% undersupply of housing in the local authority.
Cllr Albert Doherty has calculated that the current need for housing in the county stands at 3837, taking into account the 650 MICA-affected homes in need of repair works.
Cllr Doherty said the council’s plan address the deficit by building 441 new social housing units by the end of 2021 is an unacceptable undersupply.
“Out of the 16 rural counties in Ireland, we are the county with the highest undersupply, and that is not good enough,” he said.
Sinn Féin has tabled a motion of no confidence in Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy in the Dail today in relation to the homelessness crisis.
Cllr Albert Doherty said the Government’s newly-launched €1.25bn plan to build homes in Ireland is not delivering on Donegal’s need.
“We should ask what role, if any, this Land Development Agency will have in our county and we should ask officially to address the unsatisfactory issue as it presently stands,” Cllr Doherty told the council.
Cllr Doherty called on the council to prepare for the event of tenants in 450 MICA-affected council stock houses needing to vacate their homes.
Director of Service Joe Peoples said the remedial works required for each MICA-affected Council house will be determined by testing protocol that is currently being finalised.
Mr Peoples said the department is ‘putting our shoulder to the wheel’ on the delivery and improvement of social housing stock.
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