What we really need is a low-cost Ryanair for housing
The construction industry says it can’t build homes at affordable rates or for people on average incomes, but is the cost of construction really the obstacle?
The construction industry says it can’t build homes at affordable rates or for people on average incomes, but is the cost of construction really the obstacle?
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
Board chairman says it reviewed the transaction and ‘no further action is required’
Bob Jordan, chief executive of The Housing Agency, had a five year deal but will step down in September
Government yet to appoint senior counsel to investigate defective blocks controversy despite promise last year
The State is putting an awful lot of cash in, but are taxpayers seeing a worthwhile return?
State spending on a range of housing initiatives has risen significantly in recent years as the pressure is on to increase housing supply
Nimbyism is blocking homes being built. It has to stop
Simon charity and DCU report says properties above shops could help tackle housing crisis and revitalise urban locations
Seen & heard: Johnny Ronan targets 17-storey docklands block; Trinity Biotech buys diabetes tech; Housing Agency boss warns prices must drop; and new Dublin pharma hub
Cabinet Committee on Housing also heard how end of tenant in situ scheme could see increase in rents for participants
Many may have to pay large sums to make their buildings fire-safety compliant
Home for Life, the only private sector participant in the previous pilot scheme, is said to not currently be on the short list
New right could discourage landlords from investing in properties, Irish Property Owners’ Association warns
Simon Harris to unveil €434 million partnership between European Investment Bank and Housing Finance Agency
A national policy on ‘rightsizing’ is in the works to allow more of us to live independently in our communities for longer
Report says ‘no viable development options have yet been identified’ for 39 of the 73 sites earmarked for housing
East Coast Bakehouse co-founder is the first client of Enterprise Ireland to be appointed as chairman of the State agency
Commercial Court case had related to alleged breach of contract by large provider in State scheme
Government says it is looking for suppliers that can deliver ‘at scale’ as its actions slow number of deals sharply in first half of 2023
Decline in homeownership and rise in loneliness spark need for supported social housing
Minister of State for the Office of Public Works Patrick O’Donovan ‘personally would not see a difficulty’ with proposal
Ministerial support is being sought for a plan to convert offices into housing. But how practical is it?
Seen & Heard: Regulator’s warning; Michael O’Leary’s big payday; and the Rotunda’s Clerys Quarter move
Oireachtas committee told about absence of national standard approach by planners
Re-election of chief executive Margaret Sweeney to be contested
Couple living in west Dublin have five children under the age of five
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Dublin City Council to recommend higher-income tenants for cost-rental ‘backstop’ scheme if they cannot find new private rental accommodation
SDCC invites those in receipt of termination notice with no alternative accommodation to contact them for options
Critics claim the scheme, one of the key policies outlined following ending of eviction ban, is ‘half-baked’
Revenue figures show they earn between €30,000 and €40,000 a year, are aged between 25 and 34 and have been at the current address for less than three years
Text includes several measures raised by members of the Regional Independent Group
Companies are making submissions to council on the Dublin commuter belt
Taoiseach’s remarks in tune with others who believe aiming for 33,000 new homes each year falls far short of what is needed
Lisa and her three children cannot find a home to move to, while Helen plans to live in her car when she is evicted next month
Housing Agency conducting review of provider in State scheme for distressed borrowers
Internal emails state Conor Skehan would ‘very much appreciate’ being given sculpture
We are incapable of accurately counting our housing output with a variance between methods of 6,100 for 2022
Behind statistics for Leitrim's unoccupied homes lie a culture of underutilisation, definitions of what’s habitable and family reluctance to sell
Housing Agency is told target of premises to be repaired was reduced to 242 from 285 in 2022
Councils advised to ‘put pressure’ on company over home repairs in State scheme
Some 72 per cent of social homes delivered in the first nine months of last year came via turnkey or Part V purchases
Coalition is preparing to sign off on a plan to address defects in up to 100,000 apartments
Internal records show local authorities complained about Home for Life company repairs
Housing Agency looks into actions of private company with more than 900 mortgage-to-rent properties.
Richard Boyd Barrett claims hundreds of people could be living in unsafe buildings due to unrepaired defects
When a crisis becomes this acute it doesn’t stay in its lane: it bleeds out in all sorts of ways
TD says issue common ‘all over Dublin’, with gardaí and housing agencies often too slow to respond
Agency should consider returning ‘at least some’ of its funding to the exchequer, Comptroller and Auditor General says
Glenveagh Properties has presented a plan for overhauling existing regulations to allow developers shave more than a quarter off the distance between the rears of houses
The Croí Cónaithe scheme aims to cut the cost of building 5,000 apartments for owner-occupiers in the five biggest cities but the State subsidy-to-builders scheme has taken fire from all sides
Seen and heard: the new Croí Cónaithe scheme, mortgage demand and TransferMate’s valuation
Croí Cónaithe aims to bridge the ‘construction viability gap’
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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