Housing Crisis

Varadkar and Harris are wrong. It’s not immigration causing homelessness, but Government policy

The main reason people are homeless in Dublin is not that they left direct provision or arrived from abroad

Dáil bike shed leaps onto political agenda as a big issue for voters

Housing, immigration and the €336,000 bike shed are the Government issues people have noticed most

Ian Lawlor: Off-the-grid estates are the new casualty of our housing crisis

Without good planning, joined-up thinking and the required infrastructure, promised housing targets will never be delivered on

Budget 2025: Inheritance tax threshold to hit €400,000 under giveaway

Households to benefit from extension to reduced 9% VAT rate on energy bills into next year

‘I refuse to accept the horror that has become the status quo’: what did politicians say when students wrote to them about their lives?

Simon Harris, Micheál Martin, Holly Cairns and others reply to letters from students and recent graduates on the key issues they face today

ChatGPT on campus: ‘Silicon Valley overlords have unleashed one of their ingenious, idiotic products, dismissing the downsides’

Trinity College Dublin lecturer and author Kevin Power gives his take on students’ use of AI to help them with exam papers

Number of homeless people in State rises 14% year-on-year to 14,486

A total of 4,419 children were in homelessness accommodation at the end of the summer

Increase in mortgage approvals continues in August as switching activity picks up

First-time buyers continue to drive activity in the market, representing 62% of approvals since August 2023

Homes hosting Ukrainian refugees quadruples with costs rising to €13m a month

Number of 4,000 at the start of last year has now risen to more than 16,000

Is now the time to buy a new home? Politicians may not provide the answers you need

The arrival of a new government will have little impact on the supply of housing or on its affordability

ESRI warns Government against delaying residential zoned land tax

Institute claims proposed tax is one of few ways policymakers could reduce cost of housing

Thousands of Ukrainians affected if accommodation scheme ended - Minister

Labour leader says Sinn Féin’s call for restrictions on housing scheme amount to ‘new low in political vernacular’

Has Irish house price inflation peaked?

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Ireland could slash emissions by embracing circular economy - study

Country lagging behind in green construction when it could help meet housing demand, FII tells Oireachtas group

‘It’s completely unfair’: How a broken rung on the property ladder locks out first-time buyers

Cash buyers - often overseas investment funds - are snapping up thousands of apartments in Ireland for which others can’t get mortgages because of fire safety issues

Raising a deposit, mortgage approval and bidding: buying a first home is like the Hunger Games

A mortgage is a commitment that will shape your finances for decades. Here are the factors to think about before signing on the dotted line

Overseas cash buyers snap up bargain apartments that first-time buyers cannot get because of defects

Banks are refusing to approve mortgages for apartments in Ireland with even minor defects - which is shutting out first-time buyers

The Irish Times view on the latest housing figures: relentless pressure on first-time buyers

At the root of the upward pressure on prices is inadequate supply for the existing level of demand

One in eight home buyers using gifts or inheritances to get on property ladder, research shows

Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland finds renewed reliance on family to afford a homes

Immigration is ‘a factor’ contributing to homeless numbers, says Darragh O’Brien

Minister for Housing backs Taoiseach’s position after Simon Harris linked immigration to numbers in emergency accommodation

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