Courtney McGrailThe Peter McVerry trust has called for the compulsory purchase of vacant buildings in private ownership in order to tackle the housing crisis.
Noting how Census 2016 has revealed 198,358 vacant units in Ireland, the trust’s Francis Doherty said if even a fraction of the 36,000 vacant units in the Dublin region were made available it could have a “huge impact”.
Calling for the location of these properties to be identified, he said: “Local authorities need to take the same assertive approach to the private empty home as they have done in last two years with regard to their own local authority void units.”