Affordable housing scheme scrapped after plunge in property prices
Housing Minister Willie Penrose said official encouragement of home ownership had contributed to the economic crash.
View ArticleHere’s what affordable housing looks like in the Netherlands…
It’s far from gingko-covered apartments we were reared.
View ArticleFrom rooming with two sisters to a brand new home with her partner for Christmas
Lisa O’Brien and her partner got the keys to their new home yesterday thanks to a housing charity.
View ArticleAcross the US, more and more cities are passing laws to criminalise being...
A new report singled out cities Hawaii, Texas and Washington for their approach to homelessness.
View ArticleCouncillors approve a plan for 540 affordable houses in south Dublin
It would consist of 200 social houses and apartments and 340 affordable homes.
View ArticleTaoiseach says workers in their 20s and 30s should be given the chance to buy...
Varadkar said young people who are renting or living with their parents can’t get on the property ladder.
View ArticleCork has received €12.4 million to help build over 800 new houses. Here's...
The money was allocated to Cork County Council by the Department of Housing.
View ArticleLeo Varadkar has been criticised for calling houses starting at €315,000...
Leo Varadkar was unable to give a definition of what constituted affordable housing when questioned recently in the Dáil.
View ArticleAffordable housing costing €200,000 per unit sounds good, but there have been...
While affordable housing schemes may sound like a positive was forward, but there were a number of issues with previous schemes that may need to be addressed.
View ArticleThis is how Labour wants the State to solve the housing crisis
A new national agency and a nationwide Rent Pressure Zone are on the party’s agenda.
View ArticleNew Zealand passes law banning sales of homes to most foreigners
The law comes after the Prime Minister vowed to make housing more affordable before her election last year.
View ArticleFF affordable housing plan aims to give €50k subsidy to help first-time...
The plan is core to the party’s demands in this year’s Budget negotiations.
View ArticleConcerns over future of construction firm involved in building social housing
Questions hang over the completion of social and affordable housing projects.
View ArticleVaradkar says socialists want to separate 'people paying for everything but...
The Taoiseach said socialists want to segregate communities.
View Article'Fianna Fáil made mistakes during the boom, but not building enough homes...
Fianna Fáil’s Darragh O’Brien writes about why affordable housing is key to this year’s Budget and a priority for his party.
View Article1,000 home development gets the green light in south county Dublin
294 of the new homes at Kilcarbery in Clondalkin will be for social housing.
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