1,319 people are currently on Navan’s housing application list, almost half of which are one bed applicants waiting an average of 10 years and a three percent increase from last year.
38% of the waiting list is made up of two bed applicants, 514 people, which is a two percent increase from last year. “There is a decent enough supply of two bed properties in the pipeline, but we will need a lot more than is being delivered to meet a growing demand for that type of accommodation.”
Mayor of Navan Eddie Fennessy called this “hugely concerning,” and said the “Increasing numbers of pensioners and older people on the one bed list are getting caught up in the housing crisis for lack of social housing or affordable accommodation.”
Fennessy said there is not nearly enough one bed housing units in construction to meet local demand and “The council will need to ramp up supply of one bed’s and age friendly housing schemes or a homelessness crisis for pensioners is inevitable.”
There 105 three bed applicants with a waiting list length of 6 years and 61 four bed applicants. Fennessy said over a hundred families benefited from increased supply of three bed properties this year, but “going forward, I call on the council to take a more targeted approach in their development of social housing projects.”
