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# Housing Crisis

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Hundreds of tenants in rent arrears sent removal notices before Christmas despite Covid-19 eviction ban
Every week of lockdown between 700 and 800 houses will not be built, says minister
'Post-Covid we'll go back to where we were': More than 60% of properties still cost more than HAP limits
Working from home prompts more houses being bought outside urban areas - surveyors
Covid-19 eviction moratorium helped families - but did not reduce homelessness among single adults
Government expects 25,000 new homes built in 2021 - half by State or approved housing bodies
Covid-19 has 'dramatic effect' on government mortgage scheme for first-time buyers as drawdowns plummet
Tánaiste says homeless deaths 'fill us all with sorrow' and that 'beds were available'
Opinion: It's time for courage - Rebuilding Ireland is dysfunctional and must be replaced
Rory Hearne
Rent costs rise in four of Ireland's five major cities
Social housing: Government pledges €500 million to build 9,500 new units next year
Co-living developer seeks meeting with housing minister over 'sustained misinformed public commentary'
Another Dublin 6 co-living development labelled 'totally incompatible' in the age of Covid
ESRI says affordability pressures for renters 'likely to worsen'
Eoin Ó Broin: Now is the time for the Government to borrow and invest in public housing
Eoin Ó Broin
Call for banks to reverse 'de-facto ban' on mortgage approval for wage subsidy recipients
Homeless figures: 459 fewer people in emergency accommodation in May
Warning over 'second wave' of homelessness in coming months
Not-for-profit housing associations provided 41% of social housing in 2019
Rent Supplement payments rise by 33% since beginning of Covid-19 pandemic
Numbers on Rent Supplement payment up 20% since beginning of Covid-19 pandemic
'We must protect Generation Rent from the effects of the Covid-19 crisis'
Dr Michael Byrne
Under 6,000 new social houses built in 2019 as government misses target again
'It's a perfect storm': Sharp rise in Rent Supplement payments raises concerns over post-Covid crisis
Number of rental properties continues to rise - but charity says former Airbnbs won't solve housing crisis
House completions likely to 'dry up' as homes on sale at lowest level since 2006
Daft.ie is helping provide free accommodation for doctors and nurses battling the Covid-19 pandemic
February figures show number of people in emergency accommodation fell to 10,148
Opinion: Renters should not be left with a debt burden after Covid-19, writes Eoin Ó Broin
Eoin Ó Broin
Opinion: Adult children still at home? There's no blueprint for this time
Ruth Deasy
Poll: Are you in favour of a time-limited rent freeze?
UCD students stage tent protest against 'spiralling' cost of campus accommodation
Students call on University of Limerick to reverse decision to double-up bedrooms on campus
FactCheck: Will the government spend more on HAP than on new social housing this year?
FactCheck: The claims about Fine Gael's record on the housing crisis made during last night's debate
Homeless in Galway: 'I lived in my car for four months - I don't have faith in politicians to sort this out'
Concern for woman found near GPO by homeless volunteer last night
Leo Varadkar says he isn't ashamed of his government's housing record
Column: It’s not so simple, Minister, the proposed rent freeze bill could work under the Constitution
David Kenny
Murphy claims bill 'unconstitutional' as Dáil debates Sinn Féin's rent freeze legislation