Housing Defects

Housing Agency is told target of premises to be repaired was reduced to 242 from 285 in 2022

Scheme for those affected by mica and defective blocks could cost State more than €3.65bn

Many boom-time builders and developers grew rich on the back of tens of thousands of shoddy and dangerous apartments. Should we not identify these people?

Niamh Towey led an investigation into the scale of shoddy building practices during the Celtic Tiger era and heard the grim stories of many owners

Concerns about proposal in plan to repay property owners who have already paid remediation costs

Full cost of repairs to between 62,500 and 100,000 properties is to be covered by the State

Cost to the exchequer is estimated to be between €1.5 billion and €2.5 billion

Coalition is preparing to sign off on a plan to address defects in up to 100,000 apartments

Darragh O’Brien wants the State to fund the works, which could cost up to €2.5 billion

An estimated 92,000 apartments built during boom could be affected by legacy defects

‘This isn’t just the developers who are doing wrong – this is the Government, too’

Politicians seldom get past gates of apartment complexes to discuss defects issues

Damien English told to ‘get your head out of the sand’ and help homeowners fix defects

Defects in new buildings can leave owners in huge debt, with little legal recourse