O’Brien confirms vacant property tax will be introduced in next budget
Revenue is set to give new estimate on vacancy to Government ahead of Budget 2023
Tax on some 137,000 vacant homes to be recommended by Oireachtas committee
Zoned land tax should be raised beyond planned 3% rate, new report to recommend
Two local authorities did not build any social homes last year, expert says
Low level of direct builds explains lengthy waiting lists, Lorcan Sirr argues
Bill to reduce derelict buildings could deliver 11,000 homes a year, architect says
Proposed legislation would transfer task of collecting 7% levy to Revenue
Social housing stock rises by less than 10,000 in four years
Dublin local authorities added 659 homes a year on average, but Dún Laoghaire saw stock fall
Social homes 'clearly' not being built on land banks owned by State – architect
Government’s Housing for All plan ‘looks pretty unrealistic’, Mel Reynolds says
Co-living in the Liberties: Rapidly changing urban fabric proves divisive
Schemes with permission likely to go ahead but area’s new direction is hotly contested
Passive impressive: The house that costs €300 a year to heat
“I wanted to get close to carbon-neutral at no extra cost” says architect Mel Reynolds
Developer lobbies against ‘onerous’ apartment fire-safety standards
Hines claims new regulations could add €11,000 to construction cost of each flat
Trump tax cuts sees US companies pull €50bn out of Ireland
Seen & Heard: Spanish power, banker expenses and chasing licence evaders
Almost 40% of social houses listed as ‘built’ were bought
Local authorities ‘hoovering up’ new homes, claims Fianna Fáil’s Darragh O’Brien
The biggest reason why first-time buyers can't afford a home?
Mortgage approvals are rigidly hooked to earnings, but house prices in some areas are increasing at nearly five times the rate of wage increases
New online property crowdfunding platform goes live
First investment opportunity is chance to back two-storey mews house in Sandycove
Cliff Taylor: Government being pulled deeper into housing market
Land agency may trap State between private and public house provision
Land Development Agency: developers look to be the big winners
Analysis: Look past the big numbers and where are the affordable homes needed right now?
How Ireland’s property crisis is affecting the real economy
Housing issue is affecting disposable income, mobility, competitiveness and quality of life
Sheriff Street gets luxury student complex, but no extra houses
Developers chasing profits as locals forced to move out of area, say community groups
Housing recovery too little and too late for many
Latest new dwelling numbers show increase in building is nowhere near required level
New housing data justifies criticism of Government numbers
Analysis: CSO numbers reveal calamitous fall-off in residential construction since crash
State owns enough zoned land to build 114,000 homes
More than half the social housing waiting list could be cleared, new figures show
Total of 780 local authority houses built last year
Government strategy fails to deliver on social housing promise so far
Just 163 repossessed homes made available for social housing
Banks had offered 2,000 such properties to the Housing Agency under a new scheme
Housing movement like anti-water charges campaign urged
Policy appears to be ‘solutions’ that are most profitable for private sector, conference told
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
Planning permissions for apartments fall despite demand
CSO figures show bias towards low-density housing schemes
Almost 40,000 social homes could be built by local authorities
Data show authorities own enough land to triple Government’s Rebuilding Ireland targets
Volunteers giving only food to homeless ‘not helpful’, official says
Long-term homelessness results from years of ‘bad behaviour’, says senior official
Social housing at a standstill: ‘You have to wonder is this policy’
Less than 1% of needed social housing has been built since start of 2016, says analyst
Price of Dublin new homes rising at six times rate of existing homes
CSO figures show average cost of new home in capital has risen 60% since 2010
State expects 19,000 houses to be built by year end
Government projects that 23,000 houses will be finished by 2018
Councils build 161 social houses in first nine months of 2016
Figures reveal low level of direct builds persists although 90,000 on waiting lists
Could the ending of mortgage arrears trigger tsunami of new renters?
Expert warns of spike in rents and homelessness if banks move on distressed loans
Department warned tax exemption would clog up housing market
Revenue official suggested CGT exemption would encourage investors to sit on property
New data shows just 2,076 homes built last year
Freedom of Information figures show new homes falling far short of Government’s 15,000 estimate
Housing experts question new census figures
CSO figures show an increase of 14,145 renting from State-provided accommodation
Just 64 social housing units delivered by private sector in 2015
Part V rules require developers to set aside 10% of homes for use as social housing
Why State’s housing plan won’t make property more affordable
The private build model produces houses that most people can’t afford, says expert
Government’s plan to solve housing crisis ‘likely to fail’
Property expert says Rebuilding Ireland strategy is based on faulty assumptions
Why even the Government can’t count number of new houses
Department says it collates several datasets to estimate residential building rates
Department denies housing statistics unreliable
Claim that use of ESB meter connection data amplifies levels of actual house supply
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