Housing Crisis

Housing shortage now a ‘critical barrier’ to growth in Irish economy, Ibec warns

Employers’ group says Government must adopt a suite of measures to improve the viability and affordability of homebuilding

State to consider making supports for refugees time-limited

Ministers to discuss ongoing humanitarian response to war in Ukraine as Government examines ‘all options’ to tackle accommodation crisis

Ireland’s housing crisis: why doesn’t the State step in and build?

Red tape means purchasing social housing units directly from the private sector has become a more efficient use of resources

Future of eviction ban kept under ‘close review’, says Darragh O’Brien

Any decision on extension of moratorium will be made following discussions with Attorney General

‘I’m tired and afraid I will die’: Asylum seeker without accommodation is left to sleep on streets

Mohammed Younis arrived in Ireland on Thursday and still has no word of when accommodation will be available

State’s rental market regulator’s projected deficit over €2 million, board said

Board meetings heard concerns over the accuracy of RTB tenancy figures

David McWilliams: Decades of recurring housing crises remains a reality - penalising the young, rewarding the old

When the young are penalised and the old rewarded, generational conflict is exacerbated. We need a radically new approach that’s focused on the long-term

Home sales volumes down as prices jump 9.7%

Pace of house price inflation continues to show signs of cooling

Michael D Higgins: ‘How many atrocities are ignored because of trade relationships? Trade should not be defeating human rights’

The President on migration, the Irish housing crisis and how he has his role ‘quite worked out’

Could Swedish house price plunge hold lessons for Ireland?

Market has plunged by almost 20% as interest rate increases hit hard and fast

Pat Leahy: Short-sighted Sinn Féin may regret turning up the heat on Donohoe

Trying to generate a full-blown political crisis has drawn attention to Sinn Féin’s own finances

Asylum seekers continue to arrive in Ireland despite accommodation warnings

‘All I can say is that it is better than where I am coming from. My life is in danger in Zimbabwe,’ says 31-year-old Karl Masiiwa

Anti-immigration protesters demonstrate outside offices of three TDs

Online video shows group using abusive language and shouting ‘out, out, out’

Number of homeless people hits new record high, as homelessness rises by 30% in a year

December figures show there were 8,190 adults and 3,442 children in emergency accommodation

Short-term tourist lets banned at new Killarney apartment development

Kerry tourist spot is experiencing a dire shortage of accommodation, including affordable housing and homes for staff in the tourism industry

Government beats housing target but what difference does it make?

It has taken industry a decade to build at a rate that is even close to demand

Housing-building targets will have to increase, says Eamon Ryan

Sinn Féin claims Coalition’s housing plan ‘fatally undermined’ as research says up to 62,000 new homes needed per year to meet demand

New home completions rose 45% to almost 30,000 last year

CSO figures point to big uptick in residential construction despite higher costs

More than 45,000 homes stuck in planning system despite housing crisis, consultants say

Construction inflation expected to ease from 12% last year to between 5% and 7% this year, says Mitchell McDermott firm

Government gets flak for missing social housing target

Original aim of delivering 9,000 social homes has had to be downgraded to 6,500 or under

Ireland may need up to 62,000 new homes a year, Housing Commission indicates

Unpublished research shows State requires almost double current Government annual target for new builds

Still 75 ‘ghost estates’ left over from property crash

Department of Housing figures indicate some 40 of these developments remain totally unoccupied

Councils have ‘difficulties’ enforcing short-term letting rules, says Department of Housing

Many properties operating as long-term rentals during Covid-19 pandemic returned to short-term letting as tourism sector recovered, negatively affecting housing

Government housing loan body sees 49% growth in approvals

Home Building Finance Ireland approvals show slowdown in second half of 2022

Government missed its social housing targets in 2022, Taoiseach says

New-build social homes should have hit 9,000 last year but fell well short at 6,500

Private sector delivering more than seven in 10 new social homes, department figures show

Some 72 per cent of social homes delivered in the first nine months of last year came via turnkey or Part V purchases

Fintan O’Toole: Irish ‘moral hazard’ means being bailed out by the State if you build a slum

Edifice of private responsibility has been demolished, replaced with a facade of public liability still costing the Government billions

‘We see hunger, homelessness, destitution’: The hidden struggle of overseas students in Ireland

Tens of thousands of Brazilians attend English language schools and work part-time - but many are unprepared for the cost of living

Less tax from Big Tech worse threat than job cuts, Goodbody says

Reports forecasts core economic growth of just 0.7 per cent this year with a growing focus on housing as commencements slow

‘I left Dublin because it was so expensive. Now London is equally expensive’

Meet the Irish people struggling to make ends meet in the British capital during the cost-of-living crisis

Housing crisis may sharpen public attitude to immigration, says expert group

Republic’s ‘housing policy could be central’ to maintaining cohesion, notes Overseas Development Institute

Ex-Fine Gael minister lobbies Government on behalf of British firm’s modular homes plan

Paudie Fox’s Pinnacle Public Affairs contacts Government over plans to build 20 modular homes in Cork

Immigration protest and counter rally in Dublin attract hundreds

Pro- and anti-immigration campaigners were kept apart by gardaí

‘That’ll be the poltergeist’: How a boom-time buyer felt haunted after finally getting back on the ladder

After negative equity and years renting, Céire Sadlier managed to buy a new home - but it didn’t feel like hers

David McWilliams: It has never been so expensive to be a 30-something in Ireland

Life has been tough for the people born in the Irish Renaissance, between qualifying for Euro '88 and being knocked out of USA '94

Ireland faces ‘unavoidable’ drop in living standards, officials say

Amid job cuts at Google, Microsoft and Intel, Minister’s briefing documents warn of downside risk

‘Uneven spread’ of refugees putting strain on GPs as search for fresh housing continues

Ministerial briefing papers outline that present model of accommodation provision is ‘unsustainable’

Why landlords are selling up: Taxes, regulation and fear of a Sinn Féin government

Landlords say fears of a Sinn Féin government, high taxes and rising regulation are driving them out of the business

Temporary accommodation centre in west Dublin housing 148 refugees to be evacuated

Dublin Fire Brigade not satisfied with certification of Dolcain House in Clondalkin

Relying on private sector to build houses a ‘vulnerability’, officials say

Department of Public Expenditure warns 2023 housing target will be ‘challenging’ to achieve due to high construction costs and rising interest rates