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# Housing

Taoiseach: Better social housing allocation mechanisms needed to address rising homelessness
5 hrs ago
5.1k
This week
21st July 2024 - 27th July 2024
Housing completions fall during second quarter amid concerns about Government's annual target
25 Jul
5.6k
Tánaiste recommended against Cathal Brugha Barracks being relocated to make way for housing
Updated 24 Jul
29.4k
Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
Law underpinning tenant's first refusal right to buy property from landlord approved by Cabinet
16 Jul
23.3k
45
Taoiseach says inheritance tax changes deserve consideration in run up to October's budget
16 Jul
52.2k
69
Only 158 new social housing units were built in the first three months of this year
16 Jul
9.1k
24
National target of 8 weeks for both probate and conveyancing to be set
16 Jul
16.3k
4
This month
July 2024
President signs into law new legislation to ban 51-week student leases
12 Jul
9.8k
2
Asking prices for homes up 7.3% in past year, the fastest rate of inflation in nearly two years
8 Jul
8.7k
23
Plans to utilise Ireland's canals for residential use could take seven years
6 Jul
20.5k
33
Govt to fast-track ban on 51-week student leases in time for upcoming academic year
2 Jul
10.0k
Future housing demand dependant on migration levels, new report says
2 Jul
17.9k
Last month
June 2024
Opposition slams Government 'inaction' as homeless numbers reach new record high
Updated 28 Jun
6.6k
Mother fears 'having to sleep in car' with three children if evicted from Direct Provision centre
The woman, who has international protection status, is one of many people who have been told they need to find alternative accommodation by next week.
The woman has three young children including a newborn
She has been living in Ballyhaunis for six years and is "devastated" to have to move
Rising rental costs and a lack of housing supply mean many people are now facing homelessness
Órla Ryan
15 hrs ago
10.2k
The Tipperary movement teaching people to solve the housing crisis for themselves
22 Jun
45.4k
0
Housing market 'heating up' again as property price inflation rose by 7.9% in year up to April
19 Jun
14.3k
49
Central Bank predicts lag in housing developments, urges govt to rein in core spending
18 Jun
15.3k
20
'They see no way out': 113% jump in homeless people seeking mental health support from charity
17 Jun
7.8k
Criticism over controversial guillotine on planning bill, as Harris wants to 'get the job done'
11 Jun
12.7k
12
Refugees struggling to transition from IPAS accommodation and into mainstream housing
10 Jun
18.6k
The problem with affordable housing in Ireland - no one agrees how much it should cost
Paul O'Donoghue
9 Jun
16.9k
41
Michael Healy-Rae was paid over €150,000 to house Ukrainian refugees in first quarter of year
8 Jun
58.7k
McDonald rules out Help-to-Buy 'cliff-edge' for buyers who 'baked in' deposit to their calculations
5 Jun
20.5k
47
Sinn Féin not seeking to outsource processing of asylum seeker applications to other countries
4 Jun
25.3k
83
Opinion: Turn empty houses into homes - there is no more time for excuses
Leigh Brosnan
2 Jun
19.0k
98
May
May 2024
Poor housing affects mothers' and kids' mental health and relationship with each other
30 May
11.1k
44
1,000 asylum seekers to be accommodated at Thornton Hall by the end of June
29 May
27.8k
The Gaeltacht housing crisis: 'People can't buy houses or get planning permission and there are few places to rent'
29 May
10.3k
FG local candidate suspends campaign after report she received money to withdraw planning objection
28 May
52.7k
Harris wants taxation and planning related to the bulk buying of homes to be reviewed
Updated 4 mins ago
19.6k
7
Inter-departmental group to be set up to consider proposals on a referendum on housing
22 May
11.7k
Five main takeaways from the bombshell Housing Commission report
The report skewered Government policy over housing and said a radical reset was needed.
22 May
29.4k
Housing Minister says core recommendation from Housing Commission report 'problematic'
22 May
18.2k
79
Major housing report criticises government for 'ineffective decision-making and risk aversion'
Updated 21 May
17.5k
115
Rent inflation has slowed - but so has the increase in supply of homes
20 May
5.9k
Ireland is not a country where house prices are meant to fall
19 May
56.6k
100
Rent Pressure Zone caps extended until December 2025
14 May
8.3k
18
Building commencements on new homes hit approximately 18,000 in April alone, Cabinet to hear
14 May
6.3k
0
Dermot Bannon denies payment for featuring Government grants on Room To Improve
10 May
22.5k
17
Government blasted on housing as almost one in two say they've postponed buying a home
8 May
13.1k
43
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