Housing crisis

‘Units’ over people: public housing policy in a nutshell

Government policy, in thrall to the property lobby, supports higher numbers of very profitable smaller units

‘Two of the kids can’t stay overnight’: Mother of seven on her overcrowded Dublin council flat

Dublin woman, who shares a bed with three of her sons, says she has been waiting for a bigger council house for 14 years

Property industry experts weigh in on back-garden modular homes – from tax to potential income

Government’s proposal to exempt free-standing modular homes in back gardens from planning permission continues to generate debate

Council’s Oliver Bond plans would have cost up to €700,000 per flat, housing committee told

Regeneration funds of €20 million still available for complex, senior civil servant tells TDs

Spending on scheme to fix defects in Celtic-Tiger era apartments could be capped

Caps on scheme would be ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin

‘It’s not Paschal’s seat’: Left-wing candidates on trail in Dublin Central byelection

Janet Horner (Green Party), Ruth O’Dea (Labour) and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin (PBP) among those seeking to fill seat vacated by former FG minister

House building slows as Middle East conflict hits orders in Irish construction

Building of new homes fell sharply in April, according to latest AIB survey

Department of Housing proposes fewer beds in Oliver Bond flats complex in Dublin

Fewer people would be housed in inner-city complex than proposed by city council

Fianna Fáil ‘made a difference’ in housing, Taoiseach says

Micheál Martin speaks of attitude in his party to ‘get things done’

Couple ordered to pay damages after ‘appalling’ unlawful termination of elderly man’s tenancy

Late tenant’s son argued the couple’s reasoning could set a ‘dangerous precedent’, allowing landlords to make an ‘unqualified medical decision’ to terminate tenancy

Vacant and derelict houses bought by Dublin City Council unused due to severe dilapidation

Senior council engineer says a number of houses bought ‘regardless of their condition ... really shouldn’t have [been] bought at all’

‘People are geared towards voting left’: Helen Ogbu hopes for a Labour win in Galway West

Independent candidate Sheila Garrity believes recent poll not reflective of what she is hearing on ground on byelection canvass

Oliver Bond housing scheme hampered by absurd planning designation

Is gentrification the goal?

Three ways to reconnect Ireland’s political system to its people

The recent fuel protests highlighted a disconnect that doesn’t stop at Irish politics

Minimum-wage workers in Ireland face rents among highest in Europe

Workers on lowest wages would have to find extra €306 a month to meet average Dublin rents, research shows

Unions set to seek hefty increases in looming pay talks as spending pressures mount

€1bn ‘contingency reserve’ provided in budget for unforeseen spending requirements already used up

Is the number of young Irish adults still living in their family home on the decline?

Eurostat’s latest figures on proportion of 18-34 year olds living with their parents makes for interesting reading in an Irish context

Easing planning rules for one-off housing makes no sense

Living in towns and villages brings economies of scale and reduces car usage

As Ukrainians prepare to exit Irish hotels, what will become of them and the rooms they leave behind?

One Killarney hotelier has mixed feelings about ceasing to host Ukrainians as housing for up to 16,000 war refugees is to end

If we are serious about rural regeneration then build housing estates, not one-off homes

Building individual houses leads to ultra low-density suburbanisation, not revitalisation

Kieran Cuddihy’s Liveline reveals ominous shifts in Ireland’s public mood

Radio: Gambling bodies adopt altruistic airs in Lottery row, while removal of Ukrainian supports draws ominous note of discontent

All largely civil on the campaign trail as councillors hope to win Dublin Central TD seat

Social Democrats’ Daniel Ennis and Fianna Fáil’s John Stephens are both seeking seat left by Paschal Donohoe

New home builds hit 15-year high, CSO data shows

There were 7,856 new dwelling completions in January, February, and March, which was a rise of 32.9% on the same period last year

Spike in building material prices may crimp housing output

Department of Finance study points to surging input prices

Once-off housing, garden cities and garden sheds

What Ireland needs, by some country mile, is single-occupancy flats

First-time buyer mortgage drawdowns back to Celtic Tiger levels

A total of 9,437 new mortgages to the value of just over €3bn were drawn down during the period

Hutch assets frozen in Spain; Dublin link to Icelandic murder case; and Seán Moncrieff is blessed among women

Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: Threshold flags confusion over rent reforms

Top Ukrainian official questions Irish move to phase out housing supports

Government move ‘will not solve problems that existed before’ people fleeing Russian invasion arrived, says deputy head of Zelenskiy’s office

Inside Gerry Hutch’s life in Lanzarote: An investigation into gang leader turned politician’s assets

The Irish Times visited Lanzarote as part of an investigation into Hutch’s property interests. In an interview, the veteran criminal talks about his ‘exaggerated’ property holdings, hope of becoming the ‘richest’ TD and confidence of being exonerated in a Spanish criminal investigation

Confusion over new rent rules causing landlords to wrongly evict, tenants’ support charity warns

Threshold says it supported more than 10,000 households in first quarter of year

Plan to wind down State-funded hotel accommodation for Ukrainians is defended by Minister

‘Vulnerable people will not be left alone,’ says Colm Brophy

We need garden cities, not garden sheds

New policy is another stopgap measure

Should planning rules for one-off housing be relaxed? Opinions for and against

Liberalisation of the planning guidelines is necessary to support rural communities, proponents argue, but opponents point to environmental impacts and increased pressure on services

‘Strong signs’ investors are returning to Irish rental market amid new rules, says estate agent

Hooke & MacDonald boss says he sees early signs of recovery in private rental sector

‘Shedsit’ garden cabins could become a rental black market

Housing without planning permission in back gardens is a prime example of a government accepting a populist idea without proper interrogation

We need to be building thousands of houses on ‘mega’ sites to solve housing crisis

Housing Activation Office should focus on big strategic sites and let local authorities worry about schemes with a few hundred houses each

I’m worried that the extension on the house I inherited is illegal. What should I do?

Property Clinic: My family will have to move house if we lose this extra space

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown golf lands will not be zoned for housing after councillors’ vote

Councillors resist ‘invasion on virgin lands’ of the Dublin Mountains

Child homelessness up by 19% since last year, new figures show

Number of people in emergency accommodation in Ireland reaches 17,517, another record high

Dublin City Council ‘shouldn’t have purchased’ structurally unsound houses in Phibsboro and Drumcondra, engineer says

Almost 100 private houses purchased by authority since 2018 in effort to turn vacant properties into social housing

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