New land hoarding tax presented as game-changer as hopes rise for housing
Housing expectations are high due to receding pandemic and Housing for All plan
Housing expectations are high due to receding pandemic and Housing for All plan
Ibec welcomes plan, saying lack of housing supply affects Irish competitiveness
Number of new supported housing homes built for special need groups down about 30%
Some estates might not be built without social housing funding
European Investment Bank and international pension funds may play ‘central role’ in delivery
Government departments and agencies also fund innovative research under New Foundations scheme
Scale, money and a singular focus are set to be brought to bear on the housing crisis
Survey shows 20 per cent of housing association tenants cannot afford to heat homes
Department of Housing allocates an extra €22m for homelessness programmes
Development funding can be provided at higher than usual debt-to-equity levels
Decline of more than 700 people between November and December 2019
Land Development Agency’s governance structures and social housing targets raise concerns
Housing department informed of Dublin protection money operation in 2017
Cuts to funds for local authority housing sites condemned by voluntary sector
Largest housing body borrowings transferred to Government balance sheet
Damien English challenged at event by 19-year-old sleeping on the streets
Green Party accuses Government of ‘privatising everything’
Approved housing bodies took 4,000 families off waiting list in 2018
Fr Peter McVerry accuses Government of falling short in its reponsibility to build
Approved housing bodies offer an efficient alternative to council housing
Eoghan Murphy set for appearance before Oireachtas group after testy Dáil exchanges
Reclassifying voluntary housing associations as statutory bodies to hit State balance sheet
Banks had offered 2,000 such properties to the Housing Agency under a new scheme
Large housing associations told by the CSO that they cannot be regarded as independent
Long-term homelessness results from years of ‘bad behaviour’, says senior official
EU seeking CSO review of whether non-profit agencies should be counted on State’s books
Murphy says 5,900 units would be provided next year, but last year Coveney indicated 5,869
Number getting Housing Assistance Payment to increase to 17,000 at cost of €149m
Minister says attempts to meet deadlines could ‘sow the seeds’ of future crises
New council report details racially motivated attacks on foreigners, especially under-18s
Long-term measures needed to change behaviour of tenants, landlords and investors
Call for scheme’s extension to Galway, Limerick and around Dublin and Cork cities
Focus Ireland among numerous agencies broadly welcoming the plan
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