Micheal Lehane : What are the key recommendations - the minimum recommendations
REply: prevention of people losing their homes. Rent certainty, distressed mortgages
Journo: The local authorities were not spending the money allocated for housing?
O'Broin: If there is a problem getting the funding of €1.5 billion -
There are 23 Priority Recommendations
Labour TD - preventing repossessions
Fergus O'Dowd : landlords who ruthlessly exploit the 4 month rule. Vacant possession should never be a condition of sale.
Barry Cowen: Set up a housing procurement agency - fund whatever way is needed - credit unions; pension funds,
The other blockage is planning. The system was not designed during a housing crisis