Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

One of the reasons the problem is increasing massively is the number of houses being returned to the local authority whether from people who have run into problems with their mortgages or in terms of shared ownership from other places, and getting them back into play is proving very difficult. I am aware there are grants for the local authorities but the problem is we are in a crisis, they are getting back more properties and they are unable to get those back on stream. It is not the case that money is not being put in. There is simply not enough because of the demand and the number of houses being handed back.

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