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# Housing

Last year
2023
'Exceptionally high volume' of calls to RTB leading to backlog on queries about renters' credit
Ireland had the highest number of mortgage drawdowns last year since 2008
Business group Ibec warns housing crisis is 'critical barrier to growth and business investment'
26 additional asylum seekers unable to be accommodated by State
Homelessness record broken again as 11,632 people in emergency accommodation in December
Initial social housing targets not met as Housing Department revises new builds to approx 7,500
Over 28,700 units of large developments are awaiting An Bord Pleanála permission
FactCheck: Did the state build more social housing in 2022 than ever before, as Taoiseach claimed?
CityWest refugee centre to close to new arrivals 'in a matter of days', says O'Gorman
New scheme to repair Celtic Tiger-era defective apartments set to cost up to €2.5 billion
Threshold says 40% of tenancy terminations for property sale were invalid in last quarter of 2022
Difficult to rule out future use of tents for asylum seekers, says junior Minister
Value of mortgages increase by 16.8% in 12 months: banking lobby report
There were just 41 properties available to rent for people accessing HAP last month
Property questions take out another minister but this resignation is different to the Troy saga
Landlord tax breaks 'not off the table' as judgement call to be made before end of March
Minister to assess how co-living developments can be brought under rent legislation
Housing targets expected to be revised upwards as Govt considers buying up apartments
Housing minister rejects warning government scheme may push up house prices
Average house prices now almost eight times average wage, reaching near-Celtic Tiger levels
Short-term letting rules were 'destined to fail' after only 50 planning permissions granted
All time
Covid-style response must be adopted to tackle housing crisis, says Varadkar
Taoiseach keen to see more modular homes built to tackle housing crisis
All sectors will get 'fair hearing' on taxation if SF gets into power, McDonald insists
In 2009, 60% of people thought it was a 'good time' to buy a house. Now? That figure is 14%
Taoiseach to meet experts in housing in the coming weeks as Govt attempt to kick-start acceleration plan
Housing minister: 'I'll be frank, we've got to revisit the tax treatment for small landlords'
Dublin property price ceilings under First Home Scheme to increase to €475,000
Council's housing chief 'loath' to axe need for homeless to require local link for emergency beds
Tánaiste says there are no current plans to reintroduce mortgage interest relief
Taoiseach says overhauling planning laws 'essential' to delivering climate and housing targets
Councils to secure proportion of any land value increase arising from residential zoning decisions
Coalition parties may clash over planning reforms as Green ministers flag concerns at Cabinet
Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien wins Dáil confidence vote by 86 votes to 63
Cabinet approves international surrogacy policy proposals with aim of giving 100s of families a 'route to recognition'
Minister says there should be 'clarity' about who is taking cases against planning decisions
Property price ceilings under First Home Scheme likely to be increased in a number of counties
Housing minister to face motion of no confidence in the Dáil next week
Land Development Agency should have power to acquire public and private land, ESRI says
Housing crisis spilling into widespread social crisis, Dáil told