Would it not be cheaper to finish off ghost estates than building from scratch ? 800 houses is not a lot when you look at the amount of folk who are waiting on the list.

Building more houses/apartments they’ll never sell what’s in NAMA

Great news for the people on the housing list. Also if the minister can get the councils to free up boarded houses that are council houses all over the country, she can add to that number.

Great! Free houses, I will die owing money on mine. It’s easy give the green light to build houses anyone can do that. Tackle the mortgage problems working people are suffering? No chance! Handy vote getting if you ask me.

Don’t think dimebag has a problem with people getting houses ,just seems a bit mad to give away houses to one lot of people and give no assistance to others to repay mortgages ,after severe pay cuts or job losses .so at one level u can get free housing and benefits and another level u leave with nothing

Social housing breeds neighbourhoods of trouble. Not a great idea.

Were do I q up for one ,,, will I get my rent paid ,,, dole every week ,,,, fuel allowance ,,, medical card ,,, and a little extra to go to the pub 4 nights a week ohhh nearly forget a 3 day bender on family allowance day sound good to me !!!!!!!

No yassee just a x council house it’s called a morrtgege but think il give it back and get my self one like you for 55 euro a week happy days

Exactly my point Eilish. Absolutely zero on the mortgage issue. I work but will never be able to pay mine. The govt don’t have the ability or will to tackle this.

Great news for the people who could not be bothered to get a job and pay for there own houses.

55 euro a week ,, try 450 a week on my wages

Absolute disgrace the way people have turned on each-other since this recession has kicked in!! Nobody asked you to borrow so much money for your house that you are now struggling to pay it back! People who live in council houses do work, they just wouldn’t have had the wages that you might have had back in the day when you were borrowing your thousands! You chose not to live in council house as maybe they were not good enough for you up there on your high horse and your family!! It is not “free” housing, I was brought up in a council estate like a lot of people and both my parents worked very hard and never claimed any of the things you suggesting from social welfare, my mother and father paid for all our schooling, medical care, bills, food and anything else we might have needed. They bought their house from the council eventually as that is what people did!! So get down off your high horse there with your big mortgage that YOU took on and place your anger and your blame somewhere closer to home not on people who can not afford to live in private housing areas. Disgusting nasty comments!! Wouldn’t mind… You probably grew up in a council estate like myself, bloody begrudgers!!!

More Government waste!!!
Well, whocoudanode!

Yes tomy a general thing that has been going on for years , do you not think so

Lol just have laugh at that rant ,, did I not say I bought a x council house or did you not read my comment ,, the reason I bought the house cos there were no free houses at tge time 20,000 on the list ,,so go rant at some one else

I have no problem with Social Housing the need for them, but not on my doorstep. The estate i live in has Part V social housing and people did not know which house is a social house but they all know since they moved in. Lets just say you would want to be blind and deaf not to notice. Bring back council estates, social integration has failed and the good news is the governments and council will never have the monies to continue this insanity.
You work hard to live in as good a location as you can afford, why should someone else get that without the effort that you put in throughout your life.
(Let me rant) When i was in school in primary and secondary, The people who interrupted the class on a regular basis and made things difficult for the teacher and were the class bullies are skill the idiots that are causing you problems when you are supposedly away from being confined with them for 7 hours a day. (Aleast you get a brake from them in Uni)
I know that this policy of social integration is to benefit the children and not the parents but what about our children and why do we have to be the subject of this social experiment. IRELAND always jumps head first into everything.

Lilly did you even bother to read my comment ,,, I have two kids ,,, same are you doing my best and its dam hard ,,, you see and I see ppl getting everything as much as they can get ,,, I never put you down so stop putting me down ,,, you honestly tell me that there are not ppl putting the system to there own need ,, and go back and read my comment before you put me and my family down

My point there are ppl out there milking the system 25 years on the dole ,not right yes there are ppl in bad luck , yes help them but you can not help someone who won’t do any thing to help them self , walk around any city in Ireland and look open your eyes at the junkies , if they are will to come off drugs yes help the , but there is only so much you can do , what about all the crime they cause and suffering they bring to ppl sometimes the own

How is a council house a free house. If you dont pay the rent they throw you out. I have a council house and we pay 55 euro a week and its a lot out of my wages.

It’s not free housing, like I said my parents worked hard to take care of myself and my brothers! It’s based on ones income but does that actually mean that people on low incomes do not deserve to have a home?? Are they meant to live in homeless b&bs and shelters?? Look all people need shelter, a roof over their heads no matter where they come from or what income they may have or not or even if they aren’t lucky enough to have a job at the moment, it’s a very important basic need! What I am saying is that nobody needs to belittle these people as they are entitled to this as a human being!! People who are on low incomes and this who don’t have any income other than social welfare don’t deserve to bare the brunt of this…. They are not the blame… Look elsewhere!!! We all need to stick together as humans and look out for each-other, the world is hard enough place to live in as it is.

Finbar all I can say is pathetic!!
And sorry but I wouldn’t have the money for those sort of around the world trips, after I pay my 850 euro rent and take care of my two daughters! I am not that privileged! The reality is that there are actually people living here in homeless b&b’s an shelters here in this country and also living on the streets, you wake up and look a bit closer to home! People do not choose to live like that!! Such a disgusting comment and makes me ill to think we have such sick minded people surrounding me!
If you have problems with your landlord I suggest u take it up with the Irish board or move it’s your choice just like choose to be homeless or the the unemployed choose that way of life yeah?? Get real

Seems like it yasser… Let’s just hope that his children never have any social problems or fall on any kind of hardships!!
He is actually saying that we have all these resources to help the homeless or underprivileged but we shouldn’t because of the likes of people who took on huge mortgages or the bankers who got too greedy!! Again john F (wonder what F stands for buts have a fair idea) you foolish person, I don’t think anyone really chooses to be homeless, wake up u uneducated ignorant person!

Oh dear, we couldn’t possibly use the ghost estates for social housing. It wouldn’t be fair on the anonymous bidders who are able to buy them at auction for knockdown prices!
On a more serious note, it’s good to see that there’s a commitment to social housing. It’s very badly needed. And it looks as though there may be movement in the right direction.