Commitment

Build 70,000 social homes over a five-year term

What this means

  • The Social Democrats promised to build 70,000 social homes over a five-year government term, with local authorities doing the building directly.[source]
  • This is a housing policy commitment made in the party's general election manifesto, first stated on 19 November 2024.[source]
  • The commitment has the status of a promise only. No delivery date has been set and the party was not in government when it was made.[source]
  • Holding this commitment to account matters because social housing affects people on low incomes who rely on the state for affordable, secure homes.[source]

Direct impact (1)

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Aidan FarrellyOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Cian O'CallaghanOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Eoin HayesOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Gary GannonOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Holly CairnsOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Jen CumminsOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Jennifer WhitmoreOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Liam QuaideOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Pádraig RiceOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Rory HearneOfficeholder

Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.

Relationship map

One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.

Status

Promised

The Social Democrats committed to building 70,000 social homes over a five-year term through directly building social homes by local authorities.

Attribution & links

Origin
Manifesto
Policy area
Housing
Owning party
Social Democrats
Responsible body
Responsible officeholder
Linked mandate
First stated
2024-11-19
Last reviewed
2026-05-21

Evidence & sources

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Evidence

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