Peter McVerry Trust announce major plan to deliver 210 social housing units

The Peter McVerry Trust has announced a major new construction programme of social housing units.

The housing and homeless charity plans to deliver over 210 social housing units via construction, leasing, re-use of empty buildings and acquisition over the next 12 months.

The announcement came as they published their annual report for 2019 at a new construction project on Haddington Road which deliver 18 new social housing units.

“Last year was very busy for us, with many key developments within the organisation,” said Pat Doyle, CEO of Peter McVerry Trust.

“Among those was the significant expansion of our Housing First work as we secured new contracts in Dublin, the Midlands, the Mid-East and the North East regions which will see us delivering 61% of the national Housing First programme.”

“Launching our report here today at this construction site on Haddington Road ties in with our goal to grow and expand our Housing First work.

“This development will deliver 18 one-bedroom homes and will enable us to provide more homes for people targeted by Housing First as well as others in homelessness and leaving State care.

“The single biggest barrier facing the roll-out of Housing First is the lack of available one-bedroom homes across our cities and towns.

“That is why we are trying to play a more active role in supplying those homes directly with funding from the local authorities and the Department of Housing.”