# Housing

Last year

2022

# Housing Crisis

Taoiseach to meet experts in housing in the coming weeks as Govt attempt to kick-start acceleration plan

So are we heading Housing for All 2.0?

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Dec 22nd 2022, 12:05 AM

# Landlords

Housing minister: 'I'll be frank, we've got to revisit the tax treatment for small landlords'

In an interview with The Journal, the housing minister said tax measures is one way to keep landlords in the market.

In an interview with The Journal, Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien said the tax treatment of landlords is something the government will discuss further.

Small landlords are continuing to leave the market, said the minister.

Pressure will be put on local authorities to ramp up their delivery of homes next year.

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Dec 21st 2022, 12:05 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

Dublin property price ceilings under First Home Scheme to increase to €475,000

A report by

Christina Finn

Maximum property price ceilings are to increase from 1 January.

Maximum property price ceilings under the First Home Scheme for every county are to increase on 1 January, Political Correspondent Christina Finn reports.

Price caps for Dublin City; Cork City; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, and South Dublin are to increase from €450,000 to €475,000.

Since its launch in July, 2,400 people have registered under the scheme.

28.9k

Dec 20th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Waterford

Council's housing chief 'loath' to axe need for homeless to require local link for emergency beds

Local authorities have previously been told by the housing minister to drop the policy for anyone seeking an emergency bed.

14.1k

Dec 17th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Banks

Tánaiste says there are no current plans to reintroduce mortgage interest relief

Varadkar said there are no plans currently but it’s not something the Government would rule out for the future.

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Dec 15th 2022, 1:33 PM

# PLANNING LAW REFORMS

Taoiseach says overhauling planning laws 'essential' to delivering climate and housing targets

TDs also raised concerns about the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill today.

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Dec 14th 2022, 4:58 PM

# Housing

Councils to secure proportion of any land value increase arising from residential zoning decisions

Land value increases when planning decisions are made to zone land, with the uplift going to the landowners or developers, but not to the State.

16.0k

Dec 14th 2022, 6:15 AM

# Housing

Coalition parties may clash over planning reforms as Green ministers flag concerns at Cabinet

Green Party members have raised concerns about restricting access to justice.

10.0k

Dec 13th 2022, 10:06 PM

# Housing Crisis

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien wins Dáil confidence vote by 86 votes to 63

A motion of no confidence was tabled by People Before Profit-Solidarity.

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Dec 13th 2022, 8:16 PM

# Executive Decisions

Cabinet approves international surrogacy policy proposals with aim of giving 100s of families a 'route to recognition'

A busy Cabinet session also saw Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien bring draft laws to overhaul Ireland’s planning system.

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Dec 13th 2022, 3:34 PM

# objections

Minister says there should be 'clarity' about who is taking cases against planning decisions

Darragh O’Brien denied that resident groups are being targeted by a new bill.

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Dec 12th 2022, 9:43 AM

# Housing

Property price ceilings under First Home Scheme likely to be increased in a number of counties

A recommendation is due to go to Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien next week to increase caps.

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Dec 10th 2022, 7:30 AM

# Housing

Housing minister to face motion of no confidence in the Dáil next week

The motion being tabled by People Before Profit-Solidarity will take place just days before the Cabinet reshuffle.

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Updated

Dec 9th 2022, 3:31 PM

# land development agency

Land Development Agency should have power to acquire public and private land, ESRI says

The Land Development Agency (LDA) currently builds homes on publicly owned land.

9.5k

Dec 9th 2022, 6:05 AM

# Housing

Housing crisis spilling into widespread social crisis, Dáil told

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar admitted that there was “a very deep” social crisis affecting the country.

20.0k

Dec 8th 2022, 7:24 PM

# short-term lets

Cabinet approves new short-term let register aimed at bringing 12,000 properties back into use

Property owners face fines of €300 if they advertise their property without a valid registration number.

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Updated

Dec 7th 2022, 2:13 PM

# Housing

People have become 'desensitised' to the housing crisis, Fr Peter McVerry says

He said there appeared to be “little sense of urgency or any sense of crisis on dealing with it”.

10.8k

Dec 6th 2022, 4:33 PM

# Housing

Owners of defective apartments need 100% redress scheme funded by industry levy, says SF

Up to 100,000 homes built between 1991 and 2013 are expected to have defects.

10.1k

Dec 6th 2022, 3:01 PM

# tathony house

Renters protest outside Dublin’s City Hall over June eviction

A small group of protesters chanted ‘Dublin city council, stop mass evictions’ as councillors met.

25.3k

Dec 5th 2022, 10:59 PM

# banking review

Bankers 'rewarded' with bonuses and a pay boost despite tracker mortgage scandal, says McDonald

AIB and Permanent TSB will follow suit as the State sells off more of its stake in those banks.

32.8k

Nov 29th 2022, 2:45 PM

# Third Level

Government to part-fund 700 student beds to be let at reduced rates under new plans

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris is proposing partially funding the construction of student accommodation for three colleges.

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Updated

Nov 29th 2022, 2:19 PM

# Raheny

Appeal lodged over Council's refusal of planning permission for apartments near St Anne's Park

The refusal followed Dublin City Council receiving more than 230 objections against the proposal.

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Nov 26th 2022, 7:52 AM

# coalition woes

The Green Party convention takes place in Athlone - and it has a decision to make on housing

Housing will be the main issue of the next election – the Green Party should know this.

16.5k

Nov 26th 2022, 7:00 AM

Voices

Rory Hearne: The housing game is rigged and it's time we called it out

The housing expert says waiting for the market to fix the housing crisis is ‘like waiting for Godot’ – he’s calling on everyone to join the Raise the Roof protest.

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Nov 25th 2022, 10:15 PM

# East Wall

East Wall: Donohoe says residents raised 'important and sensitive' matters relating to housing of refugees

Protests have taken place in East Wall this week.

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Nov 25th 2022, 3:39 PM

# Homelessness

11,397 people in emergency accommodation as homelessness hits record high

The Peter McVerry Trust has said that the ban on evictions over winter should reduce the number of people coming into homelessness

27.3k

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Nov 25th 2022, 3:10 PM

# Housing

Varadkar says Ireland's rents are 'unacceptably high' and compare unfavorably against most EU cities

Varadkar has said he wants the Housing for All plan implemented more quickly.

17.7k

Nov 24th 2022, 2:07 PM

# ukrainians

People urged to make unoccupied properties available to Ukrainians in new appeal

There is currently over 5,500 Ukrainians being hosted by people in Ireland.

37.0k

Updated

Nov 24th 2022, 12:38 PM

# Housing

Residents of Dublin's Tathony House hold Dáil protest over potential mass eviction

The Taoiseach was criticised for saying there was a need to find a balance in the Tathony House situation

12.4k

Nov 23rd 2022, 4:00 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should a housing emergency be declared by the government?

Sinn Féin’s motion calling for a housing emergency to be declared was debated in the Dáil last night.

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Nov 23rd 2022, 8:46 AM

# Housing Crisis

Councils that can deliver rapid-build houses on sites will have land debt paid off

Local authorities are currently carrying around €309 million of land legacy debt.

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Nov 23rd 2022, 7:57 AM

# Housing

Tánaiste 'confident' about exceeding this year's housing target but 'worried' about next year

Varadkar pointed to a ‘construction slowdown’ and added that the government will ‘redouble’ its efforts.

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Nov 20th 2022, 3:25 PM

# Housing

Income thresholds for social housing to be increased by €5,000

Income limits for most counties have not increased in a decade, the Taoiseach said today.

31.9k

Nov 19th 2022, 12:16 PM

# accommodation issues

Ukrainians will still flee to Ireland despite accommodation shortage, Ambassador says

She said efforts have been made to warn Ukrainians that there is a shortage of accommodation in Ireland.

25.6k

Nov 18th 2022, 8:10 PM

# Fine Gael Ard Fheis

FG members to vote on inheritance tax, weapons for Ukraine and setting up in Northern Ireland

Leo Varadkar’s address to the party will be televised live on RTE One tomorrow evening.

28.5k

Nov 18th 2022, 6:15 PM

# building homes

Guidelines for one-off homes in rural Ireland to go for public consultation before Christmas

The last guidelines on rural housing were issued in 2005.

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Nov 18th 2022, 5:02 PM

# Blacklough Construction ltd

Construction company building hundreds of social housing units goes into examinership

The company has 48 employees and also engages the services of subcontractors.

55.3k

Nov 17th 2022, 10:44 PM

# Housing

CSO: Property price jumps higher outside of the capital as growth continues to slow

Prices rose by 10.8% nationally in the year to September.

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Nov 16th 2022, 1:09 PM

# Housing

Housing minister admits not enough homes being built in cities

Darragh O’Brien said that housing supply was ‘going in the right direction’.

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Nov 15th 2022, 8:42 PM

# Raise The Roof

Irish musicians to join Dublin housing rally against ‘cruel’ government policy

Raise the Roof coordinator Macdara Doyle said one family in Dublin had been forced to live in a disused animal shelter.

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Nov 15th 2022, 3:29 PM