New Housing Minister Browne signals slow down on homelessness pledge
Housing Minister James Browne has appeared to roll back on a party commitment to end homelessness by 2030.
Mr Browne’s predecessor and Fianna Fáil colleague, Darragh O’Brien, set an ambition to eradicate homelessness through the Housing For All strategy.
However, speaking on Friday, the new minister said that he would not be making a similar pledge.
“The only promise I ever make is to do the very best I can.
“I don’t want anybody in homelessness, we want to ensure that we can get to that point but it’s really challenging.
“Supply is the only real solution to ending homelessness.”
He added: “The commitment is to get that homeless figure down as quickly as possible but there won’t be a specific timeline in relation to it.”
Pressed on whether there was no longer a pledge to end homelessness, Mr Browne said: “The commitment from me to end homelessness, that’s where we want to get to.
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