Housing Bill and local authority lists
Bernard Durkan asks when housing legislation will address the housing crisis and extensive local-authority waiting lists; the Minister says three Bills are planned, beginning before the summer.
I am sure the Pope is delighted with the sentiments expressed by Deputy McGrath and was waiting with bated breath for them. We would all like to join in wishing the Pope well.
In view of the massive housing crisis inherited by the Government from its predecessors, is it intended to introduce the housing Bill any time soon? Will this Bill refer in particular to the tens of thousands of people currently waiting on local authority housing lists, who have no indication of what the future holds for them in regard to housing due to the dearth of family-type housing available on the market?
Comment on this
I understand it is proposed to deal with this issue in three separate Bills and that part 1 of these will come to the House before the summer and parts 2 and 3 will be introduced later this year.