Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Government has not stated, given that 95,000 families nationally are concerned, how it should address this issue over a three to five-year period. It will not be resolved through the provision of 5,000 houses per year, even were the Government to meet that level. As for the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, I have encountered cases in which a RAS landlord has sold the housing unit and the occupant has remained in that house awaiting support from the local authority. The landlords in the area realise they now can get more from private rentals and that person remains stuck and cannot move. A free for all is taking place and it is absolutely horrendous. The Minister of State has no plan.

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