Simon Coveney committed to house families by next year
The Housing Minister says he is committed to making sure homeless families are no longer being housed in hotels by the middle of next year.
More than 4,000 social homes will be delivered in 2016 according to Simon Coveney.
He added that 2,700 homeless people will have been moved to stable accommodation by the end of the year.
Simon Coveney also says they want to provide 47,000 social homes by 2021:
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