Almost 5,000 People On Housing Waiting List In Co Louth

Almost 5,000 people are waiting to be housed in Co Louth, it has been revealed.

Louth Sinn Féin TD Imelda Munster hit out at the council after almost 70 acres of land banks have been zoned for social housing.

She said: "The County Council is paying over three million in interest only loans per year out of the Local Authority budget. Despite these lands lying idle, there has been no concerted effort by means of a roll out of a social housing building programme.


"The obligations of developers under Part V of the Planning and Development Act that required them to incorporate 20% of social housing into their build has been slashed to 10%. This has helped to contribute to the current housing crisis which is of unprecedented proportions.

"What sort of person of conscience, let alone a minister with departmental responsibility for housing, would turn a blind eye to a crisis of such magnitude?"

(CD/MH)