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The construction industry says it can’t build homes at affordable rates or for people on average incomes, but is the cost of construction really the obstacle?
Housing Agency
‘It’s completely unfair’: How a broken rung on the property ladder locks out first-time buyers
Cash buyers - often overseas investment funds - are snapping up thousands of apartments in Ireland for which others can’t get mortgages because of fire safety issues
Housing Agency board backs chief in controversy over sale of house to McVerry Trust
Board chairman says it reviewed the transaction and ‘no further action is required’
Top housing official to step down early in blow to Government plan
Bob Jordan, chief executive of The Housing Agency, had a five year deal but will step down in September
Only 61 defective homes fully remediated under scheme launched in 2021, committee hears
Government yet to appoint senior counsel to investigate defective blocks controversy despite promise last year
Ireland is spending big on housing. So why is the sector still in crisis?
The State is putting an awful lot of cash in, but are taxpayers seeing a worthwhile return?
Ireland’s housing budget: How the State is now spending more than €8bn to address the crisis
State spending on a range of housing initiatives has risen significantly in recent years as the pressure is on to increase housing supply
An entitled minority are giving two fingers to the rest in Ireland’s housing crisis
Nimbyism is blocking homes being built. It has to stop
Call for more supports to redevelop units above shops into homes
Simon charity and DCU report says properties above shops could help tackle housing crisis and revitalise urban locations
Developers offer to build 6,000 modular homes
Seen & heard: Johnny Ronan targets 17-storey docklands block; Trinity Biotech buys diabetes tech; Housing Agency boss warns prices must drop; and new Dublin pharma hub
An extra 120,000 homes may be needed by 2030, Ministers warned
Cabinet Committee on Housing also heard how end of tenant in situ scheme could see increase in rents for participants
Why doesn’t remediation scheme for building defects apply to apartments built before 1991?
Many may have to pay large sums to make their buildings fire-safety compliant
Macquarie and Aramark shortlisted for reboot of mortgage-to-rent scheme
Home for Life, the only private sector participant in the previous pilot scheme, is said to not currently be on the short list
Giving tenants first refusal to purchase could worsen rental property shortage, committee hears
New right could discourage landlords from investing in properties, Irish Property Owners’ Association warns
Universities to get low interest loans to build 2,700 ‘affordable’ student beds
Simon Harris to unveil €434 million partnership between European Investment Bank and Housing Finance Agency
Rightsizing: How to trade your ‘too-big’ house for a low-maintenance home
A national policy on ‘rightsizing’ is in the works to allow more of us to live independently in our communities for longer
Housing Agency scheme has made ‘little to no progress’ in developing half of the sites in portfolio, audit finds
Report says ‘no viable development options have yet been identified’ for 39 of the 73 sites earmarked for housing
Creating billion-euro businesses with global scale a key goal for new Enterprise Ireland chairman
East Coast Bakehouse co-founder is the first client of Enterprise Ireland to be appointed as chairman of the State agency
Mortgage-to-rent scheme provider Home for Life settles legal dispute
Commercial Court case had related to alleged breach of contract by large provider in State scheme
Mortgage-to-rent reboot promised after months of limbo
Government says it is looking for suppliers that can deliver ‘at scale’ as its actions slow number of deals sharply in first half of 2023
‘I don’t feel lonely here at all’: social homes for older people offer built-in community
Decline in homeownership and rise in loneliness spark need for supported social housing
Social housing sites should not be ruled out as locations for refugee modular homes, says Minister
Minister of State for the Office of Public Works Patrick O’Donovan ‘personally would not see a difficulty’ with proposal
Empty office blocks could become liveable homes, but it’s not simple
Ministerial support is being sought for a plan to convert offices into housing. But how practical is it?
Building watchdog claims State facing ‘national emergency’ over regulation
Seen & Heard: Regulator’s warning; Michael O’Leary’s big payday; and the Rotunda’s Clerys Quarter move
Fast-build modular housing held back by resistance at local level, TDs hear
Oireachtas committee told about absence of national standard approach by planners
Ires Reit founder Capreit joins forces with activist investor
Re-election of chief executive Margaret Sweeney to be contested
Family facing eviction next month tells of ‘nightmare’ trying to find new home
Couple living in west Dublin have five children under the age of five
With only three big banks left, are Irish consumers bereft of choice?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
State purchase of homes for tenants not eligible for social housing to start
Dublin City Council to recommend higher-income tenants for cost-rental ‘backstop’ scheme if they cannot find new private rental accommodation
Tenants facing eviction issued with advice by South Dublin County Council
SDCC invites those in receipt of termination notice with no alternative accommodation to contact them for options
What we know about the first refusal policy for renters
Critics claim the scheme, one of the key policies outlined following ending of eviction ban, is ‘half-baked’
Rent Tax Credit: Why aren’t more renters claiming it?
Revenue figures show they earn between €30,000 and €40,000 a year, are aged between 25 and 34 and have been at the current address for less than three years
Government countermotion on eviction ban aimed at securing Independent backing
Text includes several measures raised by members of the Regional Independent Group
Vacant site levy: Large housebuilders among those seeking exemptions on valuable development lands
Companies are making submissions to council on the Dublin commuter belt
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