Image: Niall Carson/PA Image: Niall Carson/PA BUILDING HOMES, CAPPING mortgage rates and freezing rent for three years are among the commitments Sinn Féin have made to tackle the housing crisis if they are in government after the general election.
Sinn Fein has also pledged to abolish the property tax, which it says will save families an average of €244 a year. “A whole generation of young people are now locked out of homeownership, thinking about emigrating and moving back in with their parents in their thirties,” McDonald said.Her party has also pledged to give the Central Bank powers to cap mortgage interest rates.“Sending someone to the dole queue at the age of 65 is obscene,” she said, describing having to work longer as unfair.
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