Government waves white flag on its housing targets with launch of its new strategy

"Taoiseach insists huge investment will be a success after abandoning annual benchmarks that it continually falls short of"

"The Government is to ditch its annual housing targets in an admission that a slowdown in construction means current projections on building homes will not be met. There will be no annual benchmarks outlined in the Coalition's long-awaited housing plan, "Delivering Homes, Building Communities", which will be published today."

The Government has abandoned annual housing targets because a slowdown in construction makes current housing projections unattainable. There will be no annual benchmarks in the Coalition's housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities, which is scheduled for publication today. The decision acknowledges that numerical annual targets have repeatedly been missed and resets expectations for delivery timelines. The Taoiseach maintains that the large planned investment in housing will still achieve success despite removing yearly benchmarks. The plan shifts emphasis away from annual metrics toward investment and other measures to address housing supply and community needs.

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