New land hoarding tax presented as game-changer as hopes rise for housing
Housing expectations are high due to receding pandemic and Housing for All plan
Charities and business groups say Housing for All will alleviate crisis, if it is implemented
Ibec welcomes plan, saying lack of housing supply affects Irish competitiveness
Social homes delivered by approved housing bodies down 20%
Number of new supported housing homes built for special need groups down about 30%
Social housing providers not squeezing out buyers
Some estates might not be built without social housing funding
Alternative funding for cost rental homes must be considered, Minister says
European Investment Bank and international pension funds may play ‘central role’ in delivery
Record number of IRC awards connecting researchers and community/voluntary organisations
Government departments and agencies also fund innovative research under New Foundations scheme
Affordable housing: Can Land Development Agency succeed where others have failed?
Scale, money and a singular focus are set to be brought to bear on the housing crisis
Many tenants unhappy with how landlords deal with anti-social behaviour
Survey shows 20 per cent of housing association tenants cannot afford to heat homes
Budget 2021: construction of additional 593 social homes planned for next year
Department of Housing allocates an extra €22m for homelessness programmes
AIB launches €300m social housing fund
Development funding can be provided at higher than usual debt-to-equity levels
Number of homeless people drops below 10,000
Decline of more than 700 people between November and December 2019
Academic fears State agency could engage in ‘speculative development’
Land Development Agency’s governance structures and social housing targets raise concerns
Investigation to be held into official knowledge of extortion claims
Housing department informed of Dublin protection money operation in 2017
Budget includes €100m increase for homeless services and HAP
Cuts to funds for local authority housing sites condemned by voluntary sector
Housing bodies will 'inevitably' provide less social housing due to EU decision
Largest housing body borrowings transferred to Government balance sheet
Minister agrees to spend night in homeless shelter
Damien English challenged at event by 19-year-old sleeping on the streets
Private developers bearing ‘no risk’ under house leasing scheme
Green Party accuses Government of ‘privatising everything’
Housing agencies provided more than 3,000 social homes in 2018
Approved housing bodies took 4,000 families off waiting list in 2018
Almost 40% of social housing was built by NGOs last year
Fr Peter McVerry accuses Government of falling short in its reponsibility to build
Should the State stop building social housing?
Approved housing bodies offer an efficient alternative to council housing
Minister to be questioned over ‘reclassification’ of homeless figures
Eoghan Murphy set for appearance before Oireachtas group after testy Dáil exchanges
Eurostat move will not curb social housing, Eoghan Murphy vows
Reclassifying voluntary housing associations as statutory bodies to hit State balance sheet
Just 163 repossessed homes made available for social housing
Banks had offered 2,000 such properties to the Housing Agency under a new scheme
Decision to reclassify housing agencies may put social homes ‘in jeopardy’
Large housing associations told by the CSO that they cannot be regarded as independent
Volunteers giving only food to homeless ‘not helpful’, official says
Long-term homelessness results from years of ‘bad behaviour’, says senior official
Social housing targets at risk if State funding reclassified
EU seeking CSO review of whether non-profit agencies should be counted on State’s books
Just 31 more social homes planned for 2018 under Budget
Murphy says 5,900 units would be provided next year, but last year Coveney indicated 5,869
Budget 2018: 3,800 social homes to be built next year
Number getting Housing Assistance Payment to increase to 17,000 at cost of €149m
Rebuilding Ireland deadlines won’t be met – Eoghan Murphy
Minister says attempts to meet deadlines could ‘sow the seeds’ of future crises
Hate crime laws need updating, urges Immigrant Council
New council report details racially motivated attacks on foreigners, especially under-18s
Coveney’s good intentions bring little comfort to renters
Long-term measures needed to change behaviour of tenants, landlords and investors
Rent control plan ‘step in right direction’, say housing advocacy groups
Call for scheme’s extension to Galway, Limerick and around Dublin and Cork cities
Test will be ‘when we see roofs over people’s heads’
Focus Ireland among numerous agencies broadly welcoming the plan
Call for a housing minister to have tax powers
Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly tells committee homelessness is symptom of ‘deeper supply issues’
Alan Kelly orders ‘early’ call on house openings
Minister for the Environment wants to know about announcements in advance
Social housing providers seek €120m for 4,000 homes
Housing bodies want vacant local authority sites to be made available for housing
European Investment Bank to expand on €150m social housing funding
Housing Finance Agency will invest another €150m in project to deliver 2,000 homes
Privatisation of social housing ‘a disgrace’, says Alan Kelly
Social housing strategy to be published within weeks
Revised social housing plans described as ‘missed opportunity’
Advocacy groups say legislation could have ‘dramatic impact’ on social housing crisis
Homeless bodies welcome initiative
‘Crucial next step is for the whole of Government to back the Minister’s work’
Rising rents make it ‘impossible’ to find affordable homes
Call for thousands of new homes to be built to help meet housing demand
Are non-profit housing associations the answer to meeting social housing needs?
Government says these groups have key role in providing affordable homes, but figures are disappointing
It would be folly to leave our housing needs entirely to the private sector
Opinion: Treating housing as a purely speculative business means people will be trapped in smaller and more expensive homes
Social housing waiting lists indicate that new phase of construction is now needed
Opinion: Low-income households will lose out as the private rented sector becomes more competitive in the capital
Budget renters feel the squeeze
A crisis is looming at the lower end of the rental market due to a shortage of affordable accommodation, a lack of new social housing and the abolition of the bedsit
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