Sinn F\u00e9in candidate for Dublin South West, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has\nstated that a Sinn F\u00e9in Minister for Housing would introduce an emergency three\nyear rent reduction and freeze, and they would deliver the largest public\nhousing building programme in the history of the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking after the launch of Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s housing manifesto,\nSe\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFine Gael have been in government for nine years and we have seen a 79% increase in adult homelessness, a child homelessness increase of 476%, rents have increased by 85% in Dublin, and house prices are up 46% in Dublin.<\/p>
\u201cThanks to the support of Fianna F\u00e1il over the past four years, this current government have made things worse, with rents and levels of homelessness spiralling.<\/p>
\u201cTens of thousands of families continue to languish on Council housing waiting lists for a decade or more and tens of thousands of renters are paying up to 40% – and in some cases 50% – of their income on accommodation.<\/p>
\u201cAn entire generation of young people are locked out of ever owning their own home.<\/p>
\u201cAll of this has happened because for three decades – first Fianna F\u00e1il and then Fine Gael – have followed the same set of bad housing policies. They live in a bubble and just don\u2019t get it.<\/p>
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in wants to change all of that.<\/p>
\u201cWe want to be in government to break with the failed policies of the past and implement a completely new approach to housing.<\/p>
\u201cOur housing manifesto outlines how we will deliver the largest public housing building programme in the history of the State by delivering 100,000 public homes on public land; including 60,000 social homes, 30,000 affordable purchase homes and 10,000 affordable rental homes<\/p>
\u201cWe would take 60,000 families off Council house waiting lists, give 30,000 first time buyers genuinely affordable homes and start to build up a stock of affordable cost rental accommodation.<\/p>
\u201cA Sinn F\u00e9in Minister for Housing would also take emergency action to address the rental crisis by reducing rents by up to \u20ac1,500 a year with a refundable tax credit, alongside introducing a three year freeze on all existing and new rents.<\/p>
\u201cOur Housing Manifesto is fully costed and can be delivered without additional government borrowing, or additional taxes on workers earning less than \u20ac100,000 per year.<\/p>
\u201cGeneral election 2020 offers a clear choice and I am calling on voters in Dublin South West to back me in order to deliver Sinn F\u00e9in ambitious housing plan to tackle the housing crisis.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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