The Environment Minister says there's no quick fix to getting more social housing built.

Alan Kelly's held a summit in Dublin to address the homeless crisis as winter weather sets in.

He says hundreds of extra social houses are coming on stream this year, despite figures that just twenty such homes would be delivered.

Minister Kelly says they are making every effort to get houses built:
Rental rights group Threshold says it’s still getting up to 50 calls a day from tenants complaining they can’t afford rent increases, despite a rent freeze announced by the government.

Threshold was one of many NGO’s at today's summit on the homeless crisis.

Last week, the government announced a range of measures to stop soaring rents, including a two year freeze on any hikes and the need for longer notice of any increase.

Bob Jordan from the National Housing Charity, Threshold, says landlords don’t seem to be hiking rents across the board, but are being contacted by up to 50 tenants every day concerned over increases: