# Housing

This week

4th June 2023 - 9th June 2023

# Island Living

Minister sets out 'positive discrimination' policy to ringfence offshore island funding

The ‘Our Living Islands’ strategy published today is the first national island policy in 27 years.

27.4k

Updated

Wed 2:21 PM

# home adaptations

Dept reviewing case of amputee told to wait until 2024 to apply for housing adaptation grant

The department says a recommendation on the housing adaptation grant funding has gone to the minister.

11.7k

Wed 1:00 AM

# Housing Crisis

Galway council to write to advertising watchdog over Airbnb posts in rent pressure zone

The city’s housing availability comes under significant pressure at this time of year, locals say.

18.0k

Mon 6:30 AM

Last week

28th May 2023 - 3rd June 2023

# dublin 3

Green light for 785-unit apartment scheme in Fairview despite local opposition

The Council has granted planning permission for the apartment scheme after reducing the number of units from 811 to 785.

19.9k

Jun 1st 2023, 3:40 PM

# Housing Crisis

Department of Housing returned more than €380m to exchequer due to underspend by Govt

The Government has faced criticism in recent times for the consistent underspend of its budget.

7.3k

Jun 1st 2023, 10:30 AM

Voices

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.

12.0k

May 31st 2023, 7:00 AM

# housing committee

Having a job is 'no longer a way out of homelessness', TDs told

Wayne Stanley said the issue is arising particularly where younger people are gaining employment despite living in emergency accommodation.

8.6k

May 30th 2023, 6:05 PM

# Housing

Census 2022: New stats show how much average rents have risen in the private sector since 2016

The number of owner-occupier properties also fell last year, according to the Census.

9.9k

May 30th 2023, 5:10 PM

# Housing

Leo Varadkar says he believes homeless figures will fall

There were 12,259 people in emergency accommodation last month.

10.4k

106

May 30th 2023, 3:49 PM

# Income Tax

Peter McVerry says Varadkar has his 'priorities wrong' when it come to tax cuts

‘My priority, if you have €1.5 billion to give away, are the hundreds of thousands struggling to make ends meet,’ McVerry said.

21.2k

May 30th 2023, 8:22 AM

# Homelessness

Housing minister defends Govt approach after last week's record high homeless figures

Figures published on Friday showed there were 12,259 people in emergency accommodation last month.

12.0k

May 29th 2023, 3:57 PM

# Housing Crisis

Almost half of objections to Dublin City Council against new land-hoarding tax were successful

The tax is due to come into force next year and will target zoned, serviced residential development lands.

13.6k

May 28th 2023, 6:30 AM

Last month

May 2023

# Housing

Homelessness hits record high again as 12,259 people in emergency accommodation in April

The figure includes 3,594 children.

22.8k

121

Updated

May 26th 2023, 4:54 PM

# Planning Permission

Green light for nine-storey, 245-bedroom 'lean luxury' hotel over Arnotts in Dublin

Dublin City Council stated that the scheme is “unlikely to impact negatively on the amenities of properties in the vicinity”.

19.2k

May 23rd 2023, 6:50 PM

# Housing

Dublin Fire Brigade to tell TDs that fire safety will be 'integral' to use of rapid-build homes

Traditional building methods have undergone a vast amount of large-scale testing, an Oireachtas committee will hear today.

8.3k

May 23rd 2023, 6:45 AM

# Housing

O'Brien seeking to convert vacant office blocks into apartments to tackle housing crisis

The Housing Minister today confirmed that he was engaging with Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney on the matter.

15.2k

May 22nd 2023, 1:29 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

'Not going back to hostels': The Dublin tenants resisting eviction on Harrington Street

A report by

Jamie McCarron

Tánaiste Micheál Martin said that the RTB would be investigating the matter.

27.1k

May 19th 2023, 12:05 AM

# gaffs

House prices up 3.9% from last year, the lowest rate of increase in nearly two years

House prices outside Dublin are rising faster than prices in the capital.

6.9k

May 17th 2023, 1:31 PM

# UK

Tory bill to abolish no-fault evictions in England to come before UK Parliament

The ban was part of the Conservatives’ 2019 election manifesto.

8.1k

Updated

May 17th 2023, 12:25 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you know the Building Energy Rating (BER) of your home?

What’s your rating?

18.6k

May 16th 2023, 10:05 AM

# Housing

Micheál Martin: It's 'possible' Ireland can build 40,000 new homes a year to meet demand

The Tánaiste says Ireland’s construction industry ‘could go even higher’.

19.8k

May 15th 2023, 7:00 PM

Voices

Analysis: Government and the Central Bank can take steps to free the 60,000 mortgage prisoners

Mark Coan of Money Sherpa says more needs to be gone at the regulatory level to help those in insecure mortgage positions.

16.4k

May 14th 2023, 7:30 AM

# Ernst and Young

Family homeless in eviction after receiver refused council's offer to pay top price for property

The housing department says councils can offer to pay the upper range valuation where tenants are at risk of homelessness.

29.2k

May 12th 2023, 5:12 PM

# Mica redress

Defective Concrete Block scheme regulations should be ready 'in the next couple of weeks'

Minister Michael McGrath says he will engage further on the role banks and insurance companies should play.

6.9k

May 11th 2023, 4:26 PM

# Housing

Irish Government ‘will move heaven and earth’ for older renters facing eviction, says minister

A new report finds a quarter of older renters expect to remain in rental sector for the rest of their lives.

21.9k

Updated

May 11th 2023, 2:02 PM

# outdoor dining

No restaurant street furniture fees for another year as regulations extended

Government to remove fees charging restaurants €125 per table for street dining.

9.5k

May 11th 2023, 12:24 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

FactCheck: Is the Govt correct to claim that 400 people are buying their first home every week?

A report by

Shane Raymond

Last week, a Government statement included a suggestion from the Taoiseach that 400 people in Ireland are buying their first home every week.

21.7k

May 6th 2023, 12:05 AM

# pared back living

Is there a market for apartments for sale or rent with no kitchen or wardrobes? Govt told to find out

Government told to undertake market research on whether renters or buyers would be open to properties with pared back finishes.

28.0k

May 5th 2023, 7:00 AM

# Housing

Construction cost review finds it costs less to build the same house in Birmingham as in Dublin

Taoiseach says we build to higher standards than some other countries.

26.2k

Updated

May 4th 2023, 5:03 PM

# Housing

Modular housing being held up by site issues, warns state architect

A number of rapid-build homes are being constructed at sites across the country to house Ukrainian refugees.

25.0k

May 2nd 2023, 5:56 PM

# Housing

Maps published of areas where landowners will pay new tax from next year

The government’s aim is for the tax to incentivise landowners to use existing planning permissions for housing.

55.4k

May 1st 2023, 6:05 AM

April

April 2023

# grants

Slight increase announced in Housing Adaptation Grants for older and disabled people

The 2023 funding allocation is expected to result in approximately 12,300 grants for older people and disabled people to make modifications to their homes.

14.6k

Apr 30th 2023, 1:33 PM

# Ciarán Lynch

‘Disaster’ coming if housing isn’t fixed, head of 2008 crash inquiry warns

Ciarán Lynch has warned of a disaster ‘coming down the tracks if this problem isn’t fixed’.

44.1k

Apr 30th 2023, 6:30 AM

# Homelessness

Homelessness record broken again as 11,988 people in emergency accommodation in March

There were 8,516 adults and 3,472 children in emergency accommodation last month.

The figures come as the Government's winter eviction ban lapsed on 1 April.

Focus Ireland has warned that the real impact of lifting the eviction ban is yet to be felt.

16.6k

Updated

Apr 28th 2023, 5:00 PM

# Mortgages

Start of 2023 ushers in mortgage slowdown as drawdowns slide by a third

10,908 new mortgages to the value of €2,868 million were drawn down by borrowers during the first quarter of 2023.

10.5k

Apr 28th 2023, 6:00 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

First batch of 200 modular homes for Ukrainian refugees to be ready next month

A report by

Christina Finn

A target of delivering 700 units has been missed by Government.

59.8k

Apr 27th 2023, 12:05 AM

# new dwellings

Over 1,000 homes being bought by local authorities as part of tenant in situ scheme, Varadkar says

The government has set a target of 1,500 properties to be acquired under the tenant-in situ-scheme.

24.1k

Updated

Apr 26th 2023, 9:12 PM

# Housing

Govt plan to boost building: Cost-rental units subsidised and development levies scrapped

A new plan includes an increase in grants for restoring empty homes and alleviating development levies.

18.6k

Updated

Apr 25th 2023, 4:00 PM

# Housing Crisis

Government considers subsidies for developers and scrapping of fees to increase housing supply

Junior minister Martin Heydon acknowledged today that there was a “huge crisis”.

19.5k

Apr 23rd 2023, 2:13 PM

# summer 2023

Govt summer priorities: Renters' rights, safe access zones, vaping rules and late-night pubs

A new pension system and a ban on conversion therapy are other issues to be addressed.

10.0k

Apr 20th 2023, 12:17 PM