Every quarter, Government departments, local authorities and other state agencies publish the list of payments over €20,000 they have made to all their suppliers. Meanwhile, they must advertise for public tenders before contracting the purchase of goods or services worth €25,000 or more. There is, however, one multi-billion-euro category of public procurement that is broadly exempt from these and other transparency obligations: housing. One of this exemption’s many adverse consequences is the controversy now engulfing Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation Robert Troy. Will the outsourcing of social housing to private landlords emerge from the shadows,…

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