There were exactly zero local authority affordable purchase homes made available in Sligo last year.
This news comes following the publication of the social and affordable housing figures for 2023, where the government’s failure to meet their own housing targets was highlighted.
The government planned to deliver 9,100 new build homes, but instead 8,110 new build homes were delivered by Local Authorities and Affordable Housing Bodies, with 121 rental cost rental homes provided in Sligo.
Labour’s Sligo-Strandhill local election candidate Nessa Cosgrove says that the housing targets set are too low to begin with.
