Cost rental: Bridging the gap between social housing and the market
Despite slow start, cost rental has potential to lower rents and create more mixed estates
A century of housing: How the State built Ireland’s homes
State intervention a long-standing feature in private as well as social housing provision
Should the State stop building social housing?
Approved housing bodies offer an efficient alternative to council housing
Housing experts warn Government against short-term measures to address crisis
More incentives for buyers will only inflate land values, say experts ahead of budget day
Over 370 vacant homes bought for social housing
Spend of €67m on 260 houses, 114 apartments under Rebuilding Ireland scheme
Housing association change could add to Government debt
CSO recommends housing agencies be classified as public rather than private bodies
Mortgage-to-rent: ‘Perfect candidate’ waited for two years
Single father Danny O’Connor’s case illustrates problems with government scheme
Housing Assistance Payment risks homelessness - experts
Housing support payment ‘not a long-term guarantee of a secure home’ - Focus manager
Social housing body faces €500,000 bill at Beacon block
Cluid owns one of four blocks with fire safety issues at Beacon South Quarter in Sandyford
Discount of up to 10% expected on bulk-buy social houses
Housing Agency to spend up to €70m on acquiring private houses and apartments
Housing charities call on Government to speed up projects
Clúid warns of three-year delays in developments due to red tape and lack of planners
Test will be ‘when we see roofs over people’s heads’
Focus Ireland among numerous agencies broadly welcoming the plan
Apartment blocks up to 10 storeys supported by Housing Agency
Dublin City Council CEO seeks apartments up to nine storeys in ‘low rise’ areas
Council tenants may get 60% discount to buy houses
One-bed tenants and single people in larger homes excluded from purchase scheme
Opinion: Ireland needs a clear national housing plan
Government intervention in the housing market on a large scale is required
Simon Brooke: Alan Kelly selling off family silver at a knock-down price
Tenant Purchase scheme will cost money and reduce social housing stock
Missed opportunity to address causes of homelessness or provide rent certainty
Budget 2016 analysis: Housing
Banks must offer mortgage scheme, say borrowers groups
Housing agency data shows just 96 mortgage-to-rent cases completed out of 2,865
Housing group says tenants will not lose homes if they do not pay water charges
Clúid says it will resist any move to compel them to collect charges
Government must not “sell off the family silver” to social housing tenants
Tenant purchase discounts must not be reinstated, conference hears
Analysis: Social housing strategy offers little comfort to homeless
Those in acute need of housing won’t see much benefit from this strategy
Support groups broadly welcome social housing strategy
Focus Ireland calls for short-term help for homeless, and Threshold expresses concern about the timeframe involved
Housing measure will help Dublin’s crisis, but not in the short term
Analysis: Living cities initiative to kick in next year
State plans to build 18,000 social houses by 2018
Investment package of €2.2bn includes private sector funding
Revised social housing plans described as ‘missed opportunity’
Advocacy groups say legislation could have ‘dramatic impact’ on social housing crisis
Only 40 households have benefitted from Government mortgage deal
Mortgage-to-rent scheme was aimed at assisting up to 3,500 at risk of losing homes
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
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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