Summer school plan unveiled for less well off affected by closures

Advocacy groups urge expanded scheme for July and August in response to disruption

Council row over Coolock site raises vital questions about housing policy

Smart Money: Will Oscar Traynor houses be delayed for years? Or is there a way forward?

Cost of building homes can be ‘much cheaper’

Figures show cost of public sector building a three-bed home averages less than €300,000

Failure to solve housing crisis would see FG and FF ‘massacred’, McVerry warns

Housing conference told PPPs ‘high risk strategies’ when it comes to delivering homes

Why can’t we build apartments like the rest of Europe?

Dysfunctional land market: The primary cause of this Republic’s housing woes

Election 2020: Climate change is the dog that didn’t bark

It was Sinn Féin’s message of change rather than the Green one of climate change that emerged as the big winner

Housing is Ireland’s biggest economic and social emergency. Can we fix it?

Cliff Taylor’s 12-step plan of action on housing for the incoming government

Land development body should be covered by Freedom of Information – ombudsman

‘Transparency, accountability’ important at €1.25bn agency, housing committee hears

Academic fears State agency could engage in ‘speculative development’

Land Development Agency’s governance structures and social housing targets raise concerns

Waiting time for homeless addiction programmes triples in two years

Average waiting time in second quarter of year was 82 days, says Simon Communities

Galway International Arts Festival: The must-see events

The best picks from this year’s selection of theatre, street spectacle and quirky surprise

Architects’ president voices concerns about co-living scheme size

David Browne also highlights positives of schemes planned for Dublin

Building defects problem could happen again, says top architect

Orla Hegarty says new-home regulations ‘not fit for purpose’ as developers pay inspectors

Children's hospital: A spectacular example of how things can go wrong

Smart Money: All the classic project overrun mistakes are evident in this debacle

Affordable house schemes come with expensive risks

New house-purchase scheme is in danger of repeating past mistakes

How common are fire safety issues in Irish apartments?

Q&A: St James’s Wood is far from the only development with serious fire safety issues

Fire safety bill on way for residents in Dublin 8 apartment complex

Community to remain in homes for Christmas but remedial costs set to hit €1.78m

Fire officer to make decision on defective Dublin 8 apartments

Residents fear block will be closed down but building ‘unlikely’ to be evacuated quickly

Housing experts warn Government against short-term measures to address crisis

More incentives for buyers will only inflate land values, say experts ahead of budget day

Government policy making housing crisis worse, expert claims

UCD academic Orla Hegarty says Goverment ‘policy tweaks’ is fuelling land speculation

New housing data justifies criticism of Government numbers

Analysis: CSO numbers reveal calamitous fall-off in residential construction since crash

Social housing: ‘Let’s not make the same mistakes again’

There’s a danger that quick-fix ‘solutions’ to the housing crisis will create new problems

New building law will fail to protect consumers, committee told

Construction industry needs an effective building control system, says expert

‘Ghost estate’ homes dwindle to fewer than 3,000

About 30,000 ghost-estate homes have entered housing stock in past six years

It’s okay to use the P word for modular housing

Modular homes are not just temporary, they can be used in the same way as other homes

Housing shortage puts pressure on council plans

Apartments were not built under council’s lofty standards

Standards fall victim to growing demand for housing

Review geared to discover if building compliance standards are stopping development

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