Tipperary housing officials say its unlikely even one new social house will be built in the county in 2015.
The stark revelation came as councillors in both Nenagh and Clonmel were briefed on current waiting lists which stand at a combined total of over 12 hundred.
However the number of vacant properties available to house people stands at 13 and 16 respectively in either district.
Tipperary County Council is still awaiting its national grants allocation for the year before it can move on a housing programme and this money is due to be announced on Wednesday.
However Sinn Fein's Seamie Morris believes it’s an unacceptable delay saying there was a lot of fanfare after the last budget that there would be a substantial allocation to housing and as yet no funding has emerged.
He says the Department will no doubt want any money given out to be spent by the end of the year while the but says there is no way the council will be able to build houses in such a short space of time.
