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Newly appointed CEO of Galway City Council, Leonard Cleary, must take a hands on approach to Housing & Planning policy, according to local election candidate Shane Forde.

The Elected Members of Galway County Council have approved a five-year plan by the Local Authority to tackle vacancy rates and increase new housing supply.

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Cllr Alan Cheevers has expressed his disappointment at the news that Galway City Council has terminated its building contract for the social housing project Garraí Beag on Rockland Ave in Ballybane .

A TD has written to the chief executives, and heads of housing, at both the Galway city and county councils, asking them to freeze rents for social housing tenants for this year.

The average cost of rent in Mayo is now €915 per month, according to figures released this week from property website Daft.ie, and with no homes to rent in Ballina on the site, Independent Cllr Mark Duffy has called for ambitious thinking to tackle the problem.

The housing crisis in Galway continues to intensify. In late July, there were 234 adults accessing emergency accommodation in Galway, with 66 families, including 165 child dependents, counted in the West region, compared to 225 adults and 154 dependents (including adult dependents) a month earlier.

Co-living could never solve Ireland's housing crisis, it could only contribute to exacerbating it, which is why the Government's decision to legislate against new co-living developments should be welcomed.

The Department for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, as confirmed by Minister Peter Burke, has allocated €3.3 million to Westmeath County Council for the retrofitting of 150 local authority-owned houses in the county.