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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.
'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.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.