# generation rent

Last year

2022

Voices

Extract: 'Governments made decisions that led to your housing situation - you are not to blame'

Housing expert Dr Rory Hearne shares an extract from his new book ”Gaffs’ released this week.

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Oct 4th 2022, 7:00 PM

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Opinion: I am one of 'generation rent' - it sounds like a joke but we've stopped laughing

Conor Brummell says young people in Ireland feel they’ve been forgotten by all on the political spectrum.

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Apr 10th 2022, 6:55 PM

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# Property

Rents in Dublin are falling - but rising everywhere else

The supply of rental properties in Dublin is far higher this February than in February 2020.

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Feb 8th 2021, 6:10 AM

# squeezed

'They are not living extravagant lives': 1 in 3 renters in debt struggling to meet repayments, think-tank says

Tasc has said its report challenged the idea that people get into debt because of a “personal failing”.

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Mar 4th 2020, 6:20 AM

# notabusiness

'This is just the tipping point': The cost of being a student in Ireland has skyrocketed in the past decade

Students protested this week in UCD on more than one occasion about the high cost of rent.

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Feb 23rd 2020, 9:30 AM

# generation rent

Students warned to watch for rental scams ahead of house-hunting season

The USI says people are ‘taking advantage of the housing crisis and accommodation shortage’.

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Jul 25th 2019, 6:15 AM

# highest ever

The average cost of renting a property in Dublin is now over €2,000

There are 2,700 homes available to rent nationwide – the lowest recorded number – according to the latest report from Daft.ie.

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May 13th 2019, 6:00 AM

# up and up and up

Dublin now in top 5 most expensive places to rent in Europe, research finds

Only London, Moscow, Zurich and Geneva have higher rents in Europe, according to ECA International.

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Mar 13th 2019, 10:40 AM

Voices

'Even the bouncy castle industry in Ireland has representation: Generation Rent needs a voice'

One in five households rent nationally – and that could well remain the situation.

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Aug 26th 2018, 7:30 PM

# Threshold

Family of 3 sharing room after landlord tried to increase rent by €500: Ireland's housing horror stories

In five recent cases handled by Threshold, families faced eviction from their homes for a variety of reasons.

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Jul 30th 2018, 12:05 AM

# Threshold

'The private rented sector is broken': Survey says 96% of people found it difficult to find rental home

Less than a third of people surveyed by housing charity Threshold were renting by choice.

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Jun 11th 2018, 6:05 AM

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'I'm 27. I'm living at home. Going through the same hall door since I was in a school uniform'

But a new plan for Inchicore means that ordinary young people like me can dream about renting at a price I can afford, writes Nicola Quinn.

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May 7th 2018, 8:45 AM

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'There are two choices: stay in Dublin and pay the price or leave Dublin and pay the price'

The neverending race to secure affordable accommodation continues its painful existence in Dublin, writes Colm Boohig.

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Apr 26th 2018, 7:00 AM

# generation rent

'It's infuriating': Tenants frustrated as minister hails 'slowdown' in rent rises

Minister Eoghan Murphy described a slowdown in rent growth in Dublin as “positive”, but renters are still feeling the effect of rent increases.

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Mar 22nd 2018, 12:05 AM

# Rent

'What used to be low-rent areas will stay high now': How Airbnb is 'worsening crisis' in some Dublin areas

While certainly not the cause of the housing crisis, campaigners say legislation is needed to prevent it exacerbating the problem further.

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Mar 3rd 2018, 6:05 AM

# crowded market

Almost a quarter of renters now pay more than €1,300 a month for accommodation

The Residential Tenancies Board publishes its annual report for 2016 today.

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Aug 30th 2017, 6:00 AM

# generation rent

Silent bids and avocados: Are house prices really out of the reach of Irish millennials?

New research shows that house prices in Ireland are much less affordable than they were 30 years ago.

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Aug 20th 2017, 12:05 AM

# Shellshocked

Landlords express 'absolute outrage' at new rent control plans

At a meeting last night, landlords urged the government to address issues of supply.

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Mar 9th 2017, 6:08 PM

Voices

'Letting agencies said that a landlord will never choose me in the rental lottery because I have kids'

Irish landlords are using the rental crisis to discriminate against families with children.

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Feb 9th 2017, 6:30 AM

Voices

Eoin Ó Broin TD: 'Minister Coveney failed struggling renters yesterday'

Simon Coveney has given landlords increased level of returns while failing to provide tenants with certainty or security, writes Eoin Ó Broin.

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Dec 14th 2016, 6:45 AM