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Homeless charity Galway Simon Community has warned that the homelessness crisis is worse now than at any other time in the 40 years since the organisation was founded — and it fears it will continue to get worse before it starts to improve.

Athenry is to get a new fire station, with the facility expected to be located on the outskirts of the town, while the local Gaelscoil Riada has been approved for new facilities.

With 1,726 families in homeless accommodation, the need to urgently release up to 9,000 family homes which are locked out of the housing market as a result of the Fair Deal Nursing Home Scheme is paramount, according to Denis Naughten TD.

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring this week confirmed that the Murrisk Group Water Scheme is due to receive approval under the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government’s Multi-annual Rural Water Programme this week.

Families in mortgage distress in Westmeath have been given fresh hope after the county’s upper housing valuation limit for the mortgage-to-rent scheme was significantly increased to €305,000.

Sinn Féin Mayo senator Rose Conway-Walsh has said that much more detail and a time-frame is needed from the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding the remediation scheme for homes affected by Mica and Pyrite.

Galway city and county is set to get 125 new affordable homes, following Government funding of €5.8 million. The funding will see 95 of the houses built at Merlin Park, and the remaining 30 at Raheen, Athenry.

Waste water treatment schemes should be funded for growth centres in County Galway to provide affordable new homes, according to the Minister for Rural Affairs, Seán Canney.

Westmeath based members of the Oireachtas along with members of Westmeath County Council have given their unanimous support to residents of The Orchard at a public meeting.

Athlone has been included as one of 19 new locations deemed to be a rent pressure zone, it has been announced by the Government. A rent pressure zone is a designated area where rents cannot be increased by more than four percent per annum, applying to both new and existing tenancies.