Simon Brooke

Despite slow start, cost rental has potential to lower rents and create more mixed estates

State intervention a long-standing feature in private as well as social housing provision

Approved housing bodies offer an efficient alternative to council housing

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

Spend of €67m on 260 houses, 114 apartments under Rebuilding Ireland scheme

CSO recommends housing agencies be classified as public rather than private bodies

Single father Danny O’Connor’s case illustrates problems with government scheme

Housing support payment ‘not a long-term guarantee of a secure home’ - Focus manager

Cluid owns one of four blocks with fire safety issues at Beacon South Quarter in Sandyford

Housing Agency to spend up to €70m on acquiring private houses and apartments

Clúid warns of three-year delays in developments due to red tape and lack of planners

Focus Ireland among numerous agencies broadly welcoming the plan

Dublin City Council CEO seeks apartments up to nine storeys in ‘low rise’ areas

One-bed tenants and single people in larger homes excluded from purchase scheme