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# Housing Crisis

This week
26th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
Tathony House served fresh eviction notices after landlord withdraws appeal against RTB ruling
Last year nearly 100 people were served eviction notices, which the RTB ruled invalid.
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Thu 4:10 PM
McGrath: Level of ‘exaggeration’ in vacancy estimates but collection of tax will increase
Last week, figures released from the Department of Finance showed that just 3,000 of 50,000 identified properties were liable for the vacant property tax.
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Wed 5:53 PM
Last week
19th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
Homelessness record broken again as 13,179 people in emergency accommodation in October
The figure includes 3,911 children.
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Nov 24th 2023, 2:19 PM
'An embarrassment': Opposition parties say Government's vacancy tax ineffective and half-baked
Figures released yesterday show that just 3,000 properties were deemed eligible to pay the vacancy tax.
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Nov 22nd 2023, 1:37 PM
Just 3,000 of 50,000 identified properties liable for vacant property tax, Dept of Finance says
The Vacant Homes Tax was introduced in 2022 to bring more livable homes back into use in light of the housing crisis. It is a self-assessed tax.
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Nov 21st 2023, 8:31 PM
575 people apply for 13 new cost-rental homes in Swords in just three days
The 13 three-bedroom houses will cost €1,654 per month to rent.
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Nov 21st 2023, 1:54 PM
October
October 2023
Staff at new Children's Hospital may be housed at Crumlin hospital
CHI is struggling to find accommodation for staff amid the ongoing housing crisis.
Children's Health Ireland is struggling to find accommodation for staff amid the ongoing housing crisis, Órla Ryan reports
The INMO says housing is "becoming one of the biggest barriers to recruiting and retaining nurses and midwives"
Dublin could become a medical centre of excellence, if we can recruit and house enough staff, one senator says
New Children's Hospital won't open until April 2025 at the earliest
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Oct 31st 2023, 12:05 AM
FactCheck: Have 40,000 landlords really left Ireland's rental market in the past five years?
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said recently that it is “indisputable” that we have seen a reduction of around 40,000 rental properties in the private rental sector.
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Oct 30th 2023, 12:05 AM
FactCheck: Is the Government giving landlords twice as much as renters in Budget 2024?
The claim was made in the Dáil during this year’s Budget speeches.
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Oct 11th 2023, 6:45 AM
CSO to investigate 'discrepancy' of 84,000 homes in official estimates of private rented market
The CSO will examine why such a gap exists between Census figures and the RTB’s data.
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Oct 10th 2023, 6:00 AM
Housing Minister wants tax cuts for small landlords in Budget as 'good landlords' are leaving market
It is understood that the Housing Minister is also pushing for the renters’ tax credit to increase to €780
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Oct 6th 2023, 5:16 PM
September
September 2023
Record high number of children in emergency accommodation, August figures show
Officials have stated there was an error in processing recent homelessness data.
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Sep 29th 2023, 2:30 PM
Focus Ireland recorded 30% increase in service users last year as homelessness rose
Around 16,000 people used the charity’s services in 2022, rising from 12,300 the previous year.
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Sep 27th 2023, 9:06 AM
Average price of 3-bed semi in Ireland breaches €300,000 for first time since 2007
The latest REA index shows that high interest rates are pushing first-time buyers out of Dublin.
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Sep 25th 2023, 9:03 AM
Cian O'Callaghan: We need 10,000 new affordable purchase & rental homes built every year
The Social Democrats’ housing spokesperson outlines the challenges in housing and the measures that would make an immediate difference.
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Sep 21st 2023, 4:54 PM
Sinn Féin says government is 'out of touch' as party calls for mortgage interest relief
The party is calling for supports for mortgage holders who have faced steep increases in repayments over the last year.
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Sep 20th 2023, 10:12 PM
Government says price potential increases always considered as First Home scheme is extended
The scheme, which helps first-time buyers to purchase a home, is being extended to properties built by site owners for personal use.
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Sep 19th 2023, 6:00 AM
Minister pushes for expansion of rent tax credit and tweak of eligibility criteria for students
The Minister for Higher Education has highlighted a discrepancy in accessing the rent tax credit for students.
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Sep 18th 2023, 1:43 PM
Minister says Govt 'under real pressure' to accommodate refugees in coming months
Roderic O’Gorman said a significant increase in arrivals “particularly on the Ukrainian side” is putting additional pressure on accommodation.
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Sep 14th 2023, 1:12 PM
Students block access to Book of Kells in protest against Trinity College rent hike
The college has called the protest “counter-productive”, while some tourists expressed disappointment.
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Sep 13th 2023, 1:47 PM
Housing Minister says change in how landlords are taxed is 'urgent' and 'crucial'
O’Brien has also restated his desire to expand the renters tax credit in the Budget.
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Sep 12th 2023, 2:41 PM
'Unforgiveable': Over 3,500 council-owned houses are vacant, new figures show
Peader Tóibín said his party believe this is “unforgivable” during a national housing shortage.
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Updated
Sep 11th 2023, 1:05 PM
Government hopes to bring homes into use with new vacant property tax
A vacant homes tax will be set at three times the local property tax to provoke owners to sell or rent.
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Sep 8th 2023, 2:16 PM
'It has stunted my life': Readers share their experiences of adults living with their parents
A report by
Mairead Maguire
We asked readers to share their stories, and heard from both adults living at home and parents whose kids have moved back in.
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Sep 5th 2023, 12:05 AM
Greens housing spokesperson: 'There's opposition to what we're doing, even within Government'
Francis Noel Duffy doesn’t believe the eviction ban should be reinstated, saying that doing so would be akin to “a communist state”.
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Sep 4th 2023, 12:05 AM
August
August 2023
Under one roof: We want to hear your stories of adults living with their parents
We want to find out how young adults feel about living at home, and what it’s like for parents whose adult children haven’t flown the nest yet – here’s how you can take part.
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Aug 31st 2023, 8:00 PM
Tax breaks for landlords to be examined in Budget alongside renters’ tax credit, says minister
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said recently that he is pushing for tax breaks for small landlords in October’s Budget.
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Aug 29th 2023, 5:39 PM
Dr Rory Hearne: 'As a lecturer, I can see what the accommodation crisis is doing to students'
With huge shortages of accommodation before the new term, the housing expert says students are at the front line of the housing crisis.
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Updated
Aug 25th 2023, 9:30 AM
Housing Minister says he wants to see renters' tax credit increased in Budget
The tax credit was introduced in last year’s Budget and is set to remain in place until 2025.
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Aug 22nd 2023, 1:35 PM
Swords tenants resisting eviction by €6bn real estate fund include kids and woman who has cancer
“We know now, that they can’t just put us out on the street without a court order,” one mum living in the apartments said.
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Aug 22nd 2023, 6:30 AM
‘A joke’: Planning decision 14 months overdue for first phase of 1,000 home Meath development
A planning application was submitted to Meath County Council for the first phase of the Boyne Village development in May 2021.
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Aug 20th 2023, 7:30 AM
Student Accommodation: Landlords join calls for caution and blame 'unfavourable conditions' for scarcity
Three separate warnings have been issued in the last week, as availability of student accommodation continues to dwindle.
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Aug 17th 2023, 5:30 PM
House prices falling in Dublin but rising in the rest of the country
New figures from the CSO show that property prices in the capital fell in the last 12 months.
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Aug 16th 2023, 1:58 PM
Opposition decries 'failure' in housing over vast number of young adults living at home
68% of 25 to 29-year-olds are still living with their parents, well above the EU average.
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Aug 15th 2023, 3:31 PM
Dublin families face homelessness after no-fault eviction notices from €6bn real estate group
After ten years living in the same apartment, Jekaterina now has nowhere to go after getting an eviction notice.
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Aug 11th 2023, 12:36 PM
Student accommodation dash: Scarce rooms, few protections and potential scams
A report by
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
A warning from the CCPC is paired with a severe lack of affordable student accommodation in Ireland’s four largest student towns.
Gardaí have reported a 65% increase in accommodation scams in recent years.
A USI spokesperson described the lack of available accomodation as "absolutely insane".
Dublin City Council chief criticised for suggesting UCD SU should build houses to fix shortage
'We're outraged, we're frustrated: Students to sleep outside Dáil to highlight accommodation crisis
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Aug 11th 2023, 12:02 AM
Taoiseach unsure if housing referendum will take place within this Government
Varadkar said that a housing amendment to the constitution should not allow people on the housing list to seek compensation.
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Aug 4th 2023, 3:22 PM
July
July 2023
Mass eviction of Tathony House tenants ruled invalid by RTB
Tenants ran a months-long campaign to prevent the eviction of nearly 100 people, which they claimed was illegal.
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Jul 28th 2023, 4:43 PM
'Clear and unambiguous' laws needed to prohibit rent for sex
An RTÉ Prime Time investigation found male landlords asking women for “special arrangements”.
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Jul 27th 2023, 6:00 AM
Most local authorities didn't collect any of the Derelict Sites Levy in 2022
A report by
Jamie McCarron
14 local authorities didn’t impose any levy on the owners of over 300 derelict sites across the country.
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Jul 27th 2023, 12:05 AM
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