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Monday 23 November 2020
70% will be one-bedroom units, the housing charity said.
Residents claim to have been misled about the consultation and appeals process, but councillors deny this is the case.
Minister Darragh O’Brien said Covid-related construction delays has seriously impacted on new build construction.
Darragh O’Brien said he wants to ensure houses ranging in price from €160,000 to €250,000 will be available.
The figures were released in the Irish Council for Social Housing’s activity report for 2019.
Just 5,771 new builds were delivered to the government last year.
Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin O Broin made the claim on television this week – but is he right?
The High Court heard that the council had failed in its duty towards the couple.
There is a notable shortage of one-bedroom housing for single people and couples, the Simon Communities said.
“Bringing a vacant home back into use can change people’s lives for the better.”
The government announced it would support the delivery of over 11,000 new social homes next year.
Fianna Fáil said the government’s response to the housing crisis has been “completely ineffective”.
The woman had the same surname as a family with a “bad reputation” but was not part of this family and had no criminal history.
A commitment not to sell off valuable sites has been welcomed – but it will be years before housing is actually built.
Murphy is set to reform the current process, extending the time a person won’t receive an offer from one year to five.
The Irish Council for Social Housing called on the Land Development Agency to be operational as a matter of urgency.
5,500 people have turned down social housing since 2016.
The Peter McVerry Trust has issued a tender for the construction of eight apartments on New South Street.
Clúid Housing and Cork City Council have purchased Leeside Apartments.
The Housing Department released a breakdown of figures this week.
Focus Ireland said the fact that people are turning down offers is actually “symptomatic of the failure of housing policy”.
House acquisitions by local authorities has also risen.
“We’re planting something that’s going to grow in Spring, so we’re hoping we get to stay,” a spokesperson told TheJournal.ie.
The head of Nama has hailed 2018 as “another very successful year”.
Dublin City Council tenants paid a total of €78.3 million in rent last year.
A new report outlines a number of issues with local authority housing waiting lists in Ireland.
Eoghan Murphy has been criticised over the delivery.
Bureaucratic and administrative delays could be eliminated if councils were given funding to build homes directly, writes Labour councillor Dermot Lacey.
Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy opened 44 new social housing units in Dundrum, Dublin this morning.
The Bill seeks an increase in the provision of social and affordable housing to 25% in private developments.
A local councillor said workers have been threatened and there have been reports of deliberate arson.
This week a petition with 3,500 signatures calling for a halt to the sale of the site was handed into the Department of Finance.
Almost 10,000 people in Ireland are homeless, with many priced out of the rental market.
Fianna Fáil’s Darragh O’Brien writes about why affordable housing is key to this year’s Budget and a priority for his party.
The drop represents some respite for embattled Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy.
The Taoiseach said socialists want to segregate communities.
Dublin City Council residents described years of waiting for repairs, repeated phone calls and ineffectual visits from council staff.
A number of subcontractors have complained that they have not been paid for their work on the State-funded projects.
Co Kildare based MDY Construction Ltd is currently involved in six projects.
More than 1,200 people are homeless across rural Ireland.
IRELAND’S LEVEL 5 restrictions are set to come to an end on Tuesday next week, 1 December, and the government is set to decide later this week what will be implemented to replace them.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the Irish Examiner this morning that the country will move back to Level Three restrictions from 1 December, allowing non-essential retail to reopen in time for the Christmas trade.
While retail stores look set to reopen, allowing people to get their Christmas shopping done in person, many people are still opting to do a lot of their festive shopping online their year.
So, today we want to know… Do you plan to do most of your Christmas shopping in person?
Poll Results:
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