Man downsizes home to help young family

‘You’d think I was Santa Claus... I just think it was the decent thing to do’

Work to start on first cost-rental scheme near Sandyford

Apartments will be up to 30% below market value and the ‘rent will remain stable’

‘I flew to Chicago to buy Mrs Claus’: The families lighting up Christmas

These Dubliners are raising festive spirits and funds with their elaborately lit homes

Reclassified homeless less at risk than private renters - Murphy

Individuals accessing ‘own door’ accommodation through homeless funding ‘more secure’ than in private market

Greens step up criticism of Government’s climate change credentials

Party’s Dublin candidate in next year’s European elections will be former minister Ciarán Cuffe

Eurostat move will not curb social housing, Eoghan Murphy vows

Reclassifying voluntary housing associations as statutory bodies to hit State balance sheet

AIB launches new €100m social housing fund

Bank to provide loans on more attractive terms to developers of social housing

Housing association change could add to Government debt

CSO recommends housing agencies be classified as public rather than private bodies

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

McVerry trust turns sod on its first new builds

Eoghan Murphy opens 16 homes in separate development by Respond! in Coolock

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

Surge in the number of homeless children in Dublin

Focus Ireland’s head of advocacy says city’s child homelessness figures are ‘shocking’

Family hub centres to open at 19 sites in Dublin

Half the hubs will be in former hotels and B&Bs and will have capacity for 518 families in total

Number of Dublin families homeless for over two years doubles

Total of 1,037 families living in emergency accommodation in June, latest figures show

Bargaintown building to be converted into housing for homeless families

Nine facilities across Dublin to be used as ‘family hub’ emergency accommodation

Number of homeless families in Dublin hotels to be nearly halved

Nine ‘family hubs’ to take 380 families from hotels under mover by Simon Coveney

Refurbished private housing to be used for Dublin’s homeless

Property owners to get €40,000 grant to restore homes before leasing to local authorities

The Westminster attack is a tragedy, but it’s not a threat to democracy

The terrorists’ aim is not just to kill a few but to terrify a multitude. For politicians and media to overreact would play into their hands

New type of accommodation offers hope for the homeless

Cost of Respond service at High Park Family Hub estimated to be 70% of a hotel room

Almost 7,000 to spend Christmas in emergency accommodation

Simon Community says level of homelessness ‘not acceptable in Ireland in 2017’

Pyrite damage to Dublin social housing will cost €7m to fix

Severe structural issues recorded in nine estates across the city due to mineral

Conditions at Cork Travellers halting site breach safety rules

None of the households visited by ‘The Irish Times’ had smoke alarms or fire blankets

Cheshire Ireland has ‘attractive proposition’ for landlords

But will rental scheme prove profitable enough for landlords or investors?

Objections delaying social housing, says Dublin City Council

Sixteen housing projects face delays over objections by locals, council report says

Tallaght women’s refuge expected to close by Christmas

Cuan Álainn facility has not received funding required from Tusla in order to stay open

Accord funding cut for lack of money, says Pat Rabbitte

Former minister appeals for funds to prevent vital Tallaght women’s refuge closing

Planning law did not deliver on vision of creating socially mixed communities

Only a fraction of social and affordable homes were ever delivered

Community expertise needed on housing crisis, says agency

Agency sets up new BA in housing and community studies

Cultivating strong communities

Social housing for older or more vulnerable people is not just about putting roofs over people’s heads

Regeneration of Longford street a model for social housing

‘People used to be afraid to walk these streets... Now we have a thriving community’

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