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# HOUSING SHORTAGE

This year
2023
Cian O'Callaghan: We need 10,000 new affordable purchase & rental homes built every year
The Social Democrats’ housing spokesperson outlines the challenges in housing and the measures that would make an immediate difference.
9.1k
77
Sep 21st 2023, 4:54 PM
'Unforgiveable': Over 3,500 council-owned houses are vacant, new figures show
Peader Tóibín said his party believe this is “unforgivable” during a national housing shortage.
33.4k
113
Updated
Sep 11th 2023, 1:05 PM
Landlord letting room by college campus asks students for 20 hours' childminding in lieu of rent
A report by
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
Minister of Higher Education Simon Harris described the arrangement as ‘very unorthodox’.
61.9k
0
Aug 24th 2023, 12:05 AM
Student Accommodation: Landlords join calls for caution and blame 'unfavourable conditions' for scarcity
Three separate warnings have been issued in the last week, as availability of student accommodation continues to dwindle.
14.3k
48
Aug 17th 2023, 5:30 PM
Opinion: The government cannot fix housing because their entire approach is flawed
Cian O’Callaghan of the Social Democrats is putting forward a motion today calling for a reversal of some government housing policies.
12.6k
24
May 31st 2023, 7:00 AM
Dr Rory Hearne: Lifting the ban on evictions was an unforgivable act by a misguided government
The housing expert looks at the legacy of the government’s lifting of the evictions ban and outlines how systems work elsewhere in Europe.
33.5k
84
Apr 8th 2023, 8:00 PM
Last year
2022
Record high rent increases amid ongoing 'extreme' supply shortage
The latest Daft.ie report found that market rents have risen by 14.1% in the last 12 months.
28.4k
55
Updated
Nov 22nd 2022, 12:16 PM
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.
18.2k
32
Oct 4th 2022, 7:00 PM
Opinion: 'Tánaiste, Fine Gael's housing policy only benefits developers & vulture funds'
The SocDem’s Cian O’Callaghan responds to comments on the housing crisis made by Leo Varadkar in The Journal.
18.4k
70
Aug 19th 2022, 2:58 PM
All time
Unemployed and flying solo? Living in Leitrim might be your only option...
A new report from the Simon community has shown a rental market squeezed to the limit for those on state supports.
28.4k
47
Jan 26th 2016, 12:30 PM
Are prefab villages really the future of housing?
Innovative solutions are required to solve the housing and homelessness crisis, not “off the shelf” solutions, writes Mary Hughes.
1.2k
85
Oct 14th 2015, 8:30 AM
These are the regions with the most 'ghost estates' still left half-finished
Over three-quarters of all unfinished estates have people already living in them.
20.9k
21
Dec 22nd 2014, 5:49 PM
Government's mortgage plan won't solve housing crisis - Davy
95 per cent mortgages are the solution to a problem, but it’s not a problem we have.
8.3k
34
May 19th 2014, 4:23 PM
What does this chart tell us about the Irish mortgage market?
New figures show a big jump in drawdowns, but concerns remain over the structure of the market.
11.9k
24
May 13th 2014, 12:57 PM
Warning that Ireland's construction sector is facing a skills shortage
A new report shows that in 2013, just 8,301 residential units were completed, while in 2006 it was 89,000.
10.2k
33
Feb 26th 2014, 8:30 AM