# housing - Friday 26 November, 2021
# Homelessness
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# Homelessness
2,500 children were living in emergency accommodation last month.
# housing - Thursday 25 November, 2021
# Housing
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# Housing
Social Democrat TD Holly Cairns accused the government of overseeing a cost-of-living crisis in Ireland.
# housing - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Dublin City Council
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# Dublin City Council
The 850-home development was rejected by councillors before, but has been approved after the proportion of social homes increased.
# housing - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Rent Cap
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# Rent Cap
The new legislation also proposes to provide enhanced tenancy protection by making a ‘Part 4’ tenancy one of unlimited duration.
# housing - Thursday 11 November, 2021
# Housing
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# Housing
Circle VHA will add an additional 1,500 homes to its portfolio and its CEO has said it could do more.
# housing - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
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There has been much local opposition to a scheme in Drumcondra, which was approved this week.
# Cuckoo Funds
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# Cuckoo Funds
The Department of Finance has said the Housing for All plan states that it will engage with institutional investors, including through trade show events.
# Your Say
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# Your Say
A new Daft.ie report shows rental homes available in Ireland have hit an ‘all-time low’.
# housing - Tuesday 9 November, 2021
# Housing
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# Housing
It was reported at the weekend that two ministers may attend housing ‘roadshows’.
# housing - Friday 5 November, 2021
# Student Options
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# Student Options
The new enhanced CAO website now includes Further Education and Apprenticeship options.
# housing - Tuesday 2 November, 2021
# Rent Cap
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# Rent Cap
Darragh O’Brien said that the proposed legislation will be brought to a meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday.
# housing - Thursday 28 October, 2021
# Housing Rights
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# Housing Rights
We have to change the way we think about housing for disabled people, writes James Cawley.
# housing - Thursday 21 October, 2021
# Rent Cap
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# Rent Cap
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said inflation is now running at over 4.3%.
# housing - Saturday 16 October, 2021
# Profile
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# Profile
Protesters and politicians called on the council chief to resign this week.
# housing - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Accommodation Crisis
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# Accommodation Crisis
Owen Keegan came under heavy fire after saying that students’ unions should become developers to fix the accommodation crisis.
# housing - Tuesday 12 October, 2021
# Budget 2022
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# Budget 2022
The tax was announced by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe this afternoon and will replace the vacant sites levy.
# housing - Sunday 10 October, 2021
# Homelessness
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Concerns have been raised about so-called “unofficial money lenders” targeting people as they queue in soup runs A number of people who work or volunteer in the homelessness sector have warned about the "worrying trend" People borrow small amounts of cash but are charged around 40% in interest, Órla Ryan reports
# housing - Tuesday 5 October, 2021
# Vulture Funds
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# Vulture Funds
The petition includes demands such as the scrapping of investor tax breaks.
# housing - Monday 4 October, 2021
# National Development Plan
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# National Development Plan
This plan is expected to commit €35 billion in spending on transport up to 2030.
# housing - Thursday 30 September, 2021
# Soup Runs
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Brendan Kenny says there is "currently no vetting on many people who are actually interacting directly with homeless people" Volunteers say hundreds of people could go without food if certain services are shut down, Órla Ryan reports "We don't want to be a charity or a business. We're volunteers, we just want to feed the people who need us and go home"
# housing - Wednesday 29 September, 2021
# An Bord Pleanála
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# An Bord Pleanála
Locals were concerned that Howth is being overdeveloped.
# Scandalous
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# Scandalous
The Sinn Féin leader said it was “scandalous” that such a low number will be delivered in 2021.
# housing - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Housing For All
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# Housing For All
The Taoiseach said the legislation needs ‘a complete overhaul’ to deliver on the targets set out in the Housing For All strategy.
# housing - Monday 27 September, 2021
# Housing For All
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# Housing For All
Housing experts criticised the focus on supply issues rather than affordability.
# Your Say
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# Your Say
House prices are rising outside the main Irish cities.
# housing - Saturday 25 September, 2021
# No Homes To Rent
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# No Homes To Rent
The housing expert says the broken rental market in Ireland is down to years of failed political policy.
# housing - Tuesday 21 September, 2021
# Housing
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# Housing
The Taoiseach defended the government’s policy of linking rent increases to inflation.
# housing - Monday 20 September, 2021
# Housing
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# Housing
Individual loans ranged from €17,000 to €43 million.
# housing - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Darragh O'Brien
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# Darragh O'Brien
O’Brien said this was “an immediate and very serious issue”, but he explained there was no short-term solution.
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Varadkar said the Department of Housing has also received requests from local authorities in Sligo, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary to engage in the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme.
# housing - Wednesday 15 September, 2021
# Leaders' Questions
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# Leaders' Questions
The Taoiseach said a “close eye” will be kept on colleges and what they charge in for rent.
# housing - Tuesday 14 September, 2021
# Housing Crisis
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# Housing Crisis
Less than 25% of lone parents reported home-ownership, compared with 70% of the total population.
# housing - Saturday 11 September, 2021
# Herself
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# Herself
We speak to the film Herself’s director, Phyllida Lloyd about how it was inspired by the Irish housing crisis.
# housing - Tuesday 7 September, 2021
# Dublin 2
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# Dublin 2
The six storey scheme includes 19 build to rent apartments.
# DePaul
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# DePaul
Depaul Ireland launched its 2020 annual report today.
# Stepaside
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# Stepaside
Properties are aimed at people who are above the threshold for social housing but are unable to afford a home of their own.
# housing - Saturday 4 September, 2021
# Sustainable Homes
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# Sustainable Homes
High-density housing, energy efficiency, and retrofitting are the key measures for the environment in the major new plan.
# housing - Friday 3 September, 2021
# Housing For All
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# Housing For All
The Land Development Agency will take ownership of State land capable of delivering 10,000 to 15,000 additional homes.
# housing - Thursday 2 September, 2021
# Housing Crisis
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# Housing Crisis
Single applicants for local authority loans will be able to earn up to €65,000 in certain areas.
# Govt Plan
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A new housing plan launched today allocates €4 billion annual investment in housing. It sets out how the government intends to shape Ireland's housing landscape over the next ten years. The plan says it aims to "eradicate" homelessness by 2030.
