Sum of €716k allocated for social housing project in Erris

A PROVISIONAL budget of €716,105 has been approved for the construction of four new social housing units in Binghamstown, Belmullet.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny stated: “Notification of the approval should issue to Mayo County Council in the next week or so. The development will consist of three two-bedroom houses and one three bedroom house.

“The funding falls under the Local Authority Housing Construction Programme which is part of Rebuilding Ireland, the government’s plan to accelerate housing supply in Ireland and to tackle our country’s housing shortage.

““The range of actions set out in Rebuilding Ireland is ambitious, both in the scale of investment of some €5.5 billion in social housing and housing infrastructure, but also in its pursuit of appropriate reform, acknowledging the need for new thinking if we are going to deliver the kind of housing that people want, in the right places and in a manner that they can afford.”