Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

I do not understand how property transferred or sold by NAMA can contribute to dealing with the 93,000 people on housing lists when the Government announced over the summer that there would be no more direct building of council housing. Will the Minister square that circle for me? Will the Minister also explain the economic rationale behind local authorities leasing properties from NAMA, as the rental income will go back to NAMA or developers and not the authorities?

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