Clare County Council has been told to deliver 475 new local authority homes this year.
The figure includes 100 newly-built homes, a target that the Council is unlikely to achieve.
However, permission is being sought to increase the number of houses it can buy in order to meet its targets.
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Shannon Councillor Gerry Flynn, who chairs the local authority Committee that deals with housing, says this is needed to allow the Council deliver enough homes.
