# department-of-housing - Friday 24 June, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
There are 3,028 children in emergency accommodation.
# department-of-housing - Tuesday 10 May, 2022
# Housing Committee
- The Government introduced changes to the Fair Deal Scheme hoping to bring 8,000 properties onto the rental market.
- Alone is set to tell TDs this afternoon that the private rental market does not serve older people at present.
- Issues around 'rightsizing' will also be raised, with older people unable to access finance to move into smaller houses.
# department-of-housing - Friday 7 January, 2022
# Homelessness Report
# Homelessness Report
Homelessness is highest in Dublin, with 4,568 adults in emergency accommodation being reported.
# department-of-housing - Tuesday 26 October, 2021
# Tough Start
- Noteworthy and The Journal investigate lack of action on Traveller-specific accommodation across Ireland
- Reporter Cormac Fitzgerald reveals hepatitis A outbreak likely caused by unsanitary conditions at site
- Children speak about living in overcrowded trailers, waking up freezing and having no green space to play
# Funding Failure
# Funding Failure
Noteworthy takes a deep dive into the funding issues that resulted in poor resourcing of housing projects.
# department-of-housing - Wednesday 22 September, 2021
# Water Workers
# Water Workers
Discussions took place during the summer and they are set to resume again in mid-October.
# department-of-housing - Tuesday 27 July, 2021
# Department Of Housing
# Department Of Housing
An Taisce were among more than a dozen environmental groups to object to the proposals.
# department-of-housing - Monday 5 July, 2021
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
“It is hoped that planning authorities will have the ability to accept planning applications online by end 2022.”
# department-of-housing - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Social Housing
# Social Housing
The Peter McVerry Trust, Limerick City Council and County Council are to deliver the new homes to the areas of Moyross and Southill.
# department-of-housing - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Affordable Housing Bill
# Affordable Housing Bill
Generation Rent need a leg up onto the property ladder and the Government say they have the solution, but will it work?
# department-of-housing - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Last year the State delivered just over 5,000 new build social homes.
# department-of-housing - Friday 29 January, 2021
# Homeless Figures
# Homeless Figures
Housing minister Darragh O’Brien said homelessness remains “unacceptably high”.
# department-of-housing - Monday 23 November, 2020
# Darragh O'Brien
# Darragh O'Brien
O’Brien said the number of applications and permissions in Ireland are “comparatively high in the international context”.
# department-of-housing - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Housing Bill
# Housing Bill
All protections implemented by the bill will last until January 2021.
# department-of-housing - Thursday 25 June, 2020
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
The total number of homeless people in Ireland is currently 8,876.
# department-of-housing - Sunday 21 June, 2020
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Charities are asking the government to take action to prevent more homelessness in the wake of the pandemic.
# department-of-housing - Thursday 4 June, 2020
# Homeless
# Homeless
Figures for April show that there were 572 fewer people in emergency accommodation compared to March.
# department-of-housing - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
There are 241 fewer people on the Department of Housing’s homeless list compared with last month.
# department-of-housing - Sunday 1 March, 2020
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
The number of people homeless in December 2019 dipped below 10,000 before rising above that figure again in January 2020.
# department-of-housing - Thursday 27 February, 2020
# Homeless Figures
# Homeless Figures
6,697 adults and 3,574 children were in emergency accommodation in January.
# department-of-housing - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
The drop of almost 7% is one of the largest monthly decreases recorded for the official homeless figures.
# department-of-housing - Sunday 8 December, 2019
# Rebuilding Ireland
# Rebuilding Ireland
Eoghan Murphy says Rebuilding Ireland has delivered 64,000 places to live – but how many are new builds?
# department-of-housing - Thursday 31 October, 2019
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
10,397 people were in emergency accommodation in Ireland in September.
# department-of-housing - Monday 30 September, 2019
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
A total of 10,338 people were in emergency accommodation in August.
# department-of-housing - Monday 2 September, 2019
# Housing
# Housing
New figures show that 10,275 people are in emergency accommodation.
# department-of-housing - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# Warning
# Warning
You’ll also be able to sign up for email and text alerts.
# department-of-housing - Saturday 29 June, 2019
# Co Living
# Co Living
FOI documents show correspondence sent to Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy from members of the public.
# department-of-housing - Sunday 23 June, 2019
# Vacant Sites
# Vacant Sites
Minister Eoghan Murphy has recently claimed that evidence so far of development shows the vacant site levy is working.
# department-of-housing - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
# Homeless Figures
# Homeless Figures
10,378 people were recorded in emergency accommodation in April.
# department-of-housing - Sunday 14 April, 2019
# FOI
# FOI
Applicants are suspended if they refuse two offers of housing within a year.
# department-of-housing - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
RPZ laws were first introduced in December 2016 to address spiraling rents.
# department-of-housing - Sunday 24 March, 2019
# Uncertainty
# Uncertainty
The uncertainty over the future of the scheme means prospective buyers face an “anxious wait”, according to Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath.
# department-of-housing - Thursday 21 February, 2019
# Department Of Housing
# Department Of Housing
Of €12 million allocated to local authorities in 2018, only €6.2 million was drawn down.
# department-of-housing - Thursday 31 January, 2019
# Ulster Says Snow
# Ulster Says Snow
Warnings for Northern Ireland are currently covered by the UK Met Office.
# department-of-housing - Friday 21 December, 2018
# Homeless
# Homeless
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin said that Murphy should “do the decent thing and resign” in light of the new figures.
# department-of-housing - Friday 7 December, 2018
# The Only Way Is Up
# The Only Way Is Up
New guidelines are calling for local authorities to evaluate their current planning policies.
# department-of-housing - Thursday 25 October, 2018
# Airbnb
# Airbnb
The much-anticipated regulations will come into force in June 2019 in areas with high housing demand.
# department-of-housing - Sunday 30 September, 2018
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The CSO statisticians will be assisting the department with its housing data, but not homeless figures.
# department-of-housing - Thursday 27 September, 2018
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
The Department of Housing recorded 9,527 people in emergency accommodation last month.
# department-of-housing - Wednesday 26 September, 2018
The drop represents some respite for embattled Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy.
