We must build with less focus on projections and more on delivery of homes, new housing minister says

The new housing minister, James Browne, has said that his focus will not be on projections but on the actual delivery of new homes.

“We need to build, build, build,” he said.

The minister was responding to queries about the disparity between projects and the number of new homes delivered in 2024.

Housing was the biggest social issue of our time, he told Newstalk Breakfast.

“It’s been a state of crisis now for several years. We went through about ten years of under delivery and we still haven’t caught up. And we have a lot of work to do to catch up. And at the same time, our population has been increasing significantly.

“So there is very much a real challenge there and there’s lots of reports out there. And I think while they might differ, the figures are all very clear. We have to ramp up our housing delivery and we have to change our approach and how we do that,” Mr Browne said.

“What I want to do as the Minister for Housing is my entire focus is to how do we get to build…

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