# housing costs

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2022

More than half of renting households receive support for housing costs

The new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute looks at housing supports for low-income renters.

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May 26th 2022, 8:10 AM

'Financially, I'm in a pickle': Your stories of coping with the cost-of-living squeeze

A report by

Ian Curran

We asked readers to share their stories with us. Here’s what they told us.

The Journal asked readers to share their stories about the impact of rising prices and household costs.

Irish consumer prices rose 5.7% in the year to the end of December last.

This week, the Government unveiled a package of one-off measures aimed at protecting low and middle income earners.

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Feb 13th 2022, 12:05 AM

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Berlin state cabinet agrees five-year rent freeze to cool housing market

The measure would apply to apartments that were built before 2014.

16.8k

Oct 23rd 2019, 2:28 PM

Rising rents have pushed the living wage up to €11.90 an hour

Despite rising housing costs, the price of food, clothing, health insurance and transport all fell in 2018.

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Jul 4th 2018, 6:00 AM