Budget includes €100m increase for homeless services and HAP
Cuts to funds for local authority housing sites condemned by voluntary sector
Dublin City Council refused planning permission for drug injection centre
Council cites lack of policing plan and impact on local tourism for refusal
No need to put right to housing in Constitution, Minister says
Simon Community says demand for emergency accommodation up sharply in first half of year
Budget 2019: Homebuyers get boost with €310m fund
Mixed reaction to ‘heartbreaking’ provision of €60m for emergency accommodation
Budget 2019: ‘It does nothing to address the crisis out there’
Housing, health, property and environmental groups react to the budget
Has the Government’s plan to end homelessness achieved anything?
Rebuilding Ireland was launched two years ago. There are still 9,846 people homeless
Big birds and Australian acrobats in store for Galway Arts Festival
Eyre Square to be transformed into a ‘festival garden’ with series of events lined up for city
Argos goes green . . . but for a house in the garden, try a big red affair
Home Front: short of space at home but don’t want to move? A garden house is an increasingly popular option
Forum set up to tackle destitution meets just twice in 2½ years
Committee has not convened this year and is being ‘ignored’ by Minister, says Fianna Fáil
Just 7% of people receiving welfare payments can afford city rents
Housing situation ‘going from bad to worse’ for welfare recipients, says Simon Community
Assurances sought for tenants in 4,000 buy-to-lets in PTSB sale
‘Vulture funds are looking for short-term returns, not long term investment’, says homeless charity
Homelessness decrease was ‘seasonal’ and will likely reverse, charities warn
Simon Communities says figures fell as people stayed with family over Christmas
Housing Agency says homelessness is ‘dreadful’ but ‘normal’
Conor Skehan says Taoiseach was ‘dead right’ when he said figures in Ireland are low
Apartment block being sold by Nama has ‘vacant units for up to 3 years’
TD Mick Wallace says agency should give apartments over to local authorities to ease housing crisis
Number of homeless children in Ireland over 3,000 for first time
Decrease in child homelessness in Dublin, but increases across the rest of the State
Almost 3,000 children now homeless across State
In late July there were 2,973 children in 1,429 families using emergency accommodation
Just one of 630 homes affordable for person on housing benefit - study
Simon Community urges State to address issue of unreasonable deposits being requested
Young children largest homeless age group, census figures show
Figures show 765 children aged four or under were homeless on census night in 2016
Almost 7,000 people homeless in Ireland, census shows
The new figures reveal 27 per cent of those experiencing homelessness are children
Labour says urgent need for national affordable housing scheme
No local authority schemes for affordable homes on 700 public sites, says Jan O’Sullivan
Virtually ‘no interest’ in State-funded housing refurb scheme
Simon Coveney had been confident initiative ‘can deliver up to 800 homes this year’
Simon receives €124,000 from architects to help homeless
Architects donate €90 fee for consultations held during Open Door week to charity
Housing emergency must be declared, Right to a Home summit told
Cost of housing affecting women and children ‘as gap between costs and income grows’
Number of homeless children continues to rise
Government figures show 2,777 children in emergency accommodation at the end of May
Housing figures expose ‘devastating’ scale of crisis, say charities
Number of households paying €300 per week in rent has ‘shot up’
Average rents hit highest level since 2002 and climbing
Daft report reveals cost up 13½%, with average monthly rent across State over €1,100
Over 80% of rents too expensive for people on social welfare, study shows
Simon Communities says gap between rents and housing benefits continue to grow
Almost 7,000 to spend Christmas in emergency accommodation
Simon Community says level of homelessness ‘not acceptable in Ireland in 2017’
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
Budget 2017: Social housing funding up 50% to €1.2bn
Rebuilding Ireland: fund to allow 21,000 households live in social and private rented housing
Those on rent supplement ‘could afford 20% of available rentals’
Simon Community report shows 55% reduction in properties available at any price
Numbers in emergency accommodation hits record high
July figures mark first time more than 6,500 people in emergency accommodation
FF can take ‘some credit’ for rent supplement increase, says Coveney
Proposals to give financial help to those at risk of homelessness welcomed by charities
Charity proposes new plan to solve housing crisis
A forum on the crisis hosted by Minister Alan Kelly crisis is taking place in Dublin on Thursay
Rents higher than at peak in boom with 9.8% rise nationally
Dublin rents last year up 9.5% for houses and 8.7% for apartments
Rising homeless figures highlight ‘shocking’ failure
Simon Communities of Ireland criticise response with 5,715 in emergency accommodation
Response to homelessness offers few solutions, says Simon
Charity recored 20 per cent increase in number of people seeking service
Minister promises 10 times more social houses by year end
More than 300 beds will be available over the Christmas, Kelly tells homeless forum
Guarded welcome for rent controls from housing charities
Threshold and Simon Communities: rents should be linked to consumer price index
Rent allowance not enough to cover over 90% of rental properties
Study highlights widening gap between rent supplement and market rents – Simon group
Fianna Fáil disputes figures for social housing list
Number of families on list 45% higher than official figures, claims Barry Cowen
Urgent action needed to tackle rent increases, charity says
Simon Communities calls for commitment to end long-term homelessness to be fulfilled
Analysis: Sharp response required to tackle homeless crisis
Family homelessness predicament is spiralling out of control
Over 1,000 children are now homeless in the State
Simon Communities say crisis is deepening, with 151 rough sleepers in Dublin alone
Focus Ireland challenges decision not to raise rent supplement
Housing charity seeking legal advice as to whether Department of Social Protection is acting outside its remit
Number served ‘Knights’ Christmas meals doubles
Organisers of RDS event for homeless provided dinner to 2,400 people last Christmas
Burton rules out increase in rent supplement rates
Focus says decision will condemn more families to homelessness as Christmas approaches
State plans to build 18,000 social houses by 2018
Investment package of €2.2bn includes private sector funding
Report warns of increase in rural homelessness
Danger homelessness outside urban areas is forgotten by policy makers
Authorities struggling with homeless crisis
Charities say rising rents and welfare caps mean families are priced out of rental market
Need for end of life care for older homeless, report finds
Most fear dying alone or in nursing homes, research for Simon shows
Simon Communities at ‘breaking point’ as numbers seeking help up 24%
Charity says cuts being implemented disproportionately across the State
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