A “yawning gap” has opened, which was getting wider, between those who might hope to get a house, and those earning too little to get a regular mortgage, and too much to qualify for social housing.
This is the warning for Independent Galway West TD, Noel Grealish, who is calling on the Government to increase the level of construction of affordable housing in Galway.
During a debate in the Dáil on the Government’s Housing For All plan, the controversial TD said calls to his constituency office from people looking for affordable housing “had increased by approximately 200 per cent over the past six/seven months”.
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Dep Grealish [pictured above] said the building of social housing “is at last picking up pace”, though not as quickly as needed, and he added that the number of affordable houses being built is “pathetically small”.
He also called for the development planned by the Galway County Council, close to Claregalway, to be devoted entirely to providing affordable housing. The development entails building 45 social houses in the first phase and 45 affordable houses in the second phase.
