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# Housing Crisis

This month
July 2024
Plans to utilise Ireland's canals for residential use could take seven years
What counts as 'affordable' housing? Taoiseach and Mary Lou McDonald clash on meaning in Dáil
Last month
June 2024
'They aren’t living on the streets': Humphreys defends housing for some homeless families
Central Bank predicts lag in housing developments, urges govt to rein in core spending
Long-promised planning bill delayed until after Dáil summer recess
The problem with affordable housing in Ireland - no one agrees how much it should cost
Opinion: Turn empty houses into homes - there is no more time for excuses
Leigh Brosnan
May
May 2024
EU study finds 40% of Irish people aged 25-34 and in employment still live with their parents
‘Over €100,000 per home’ estimate tries to put a figure on the cost of Ireland’s urban sprawl
Major housing report criticises government for 'ineffective decision-making and risk aversion'
Rent inflation has slowed - but so has the increase in supply of homes
Rent Pressure Zone caps extended until December 2025
Ireland's housing market 'undermining' the country's competitiveness, Govt advisors warn
Over 900 households avoid homelessness through Threshold, but evictions still 'persistent' issue
April
April 2024
Parenting: After years of hardship and sacrifice, we finally have a home of our own
Margaret Lynch
Housing: If we don't ruffle the feathers of existing homeowners, we care less than we pretend
Ciarán Casey
Amnesty International hits out at Ireland's 'failing' housing system in human rights report
'It's unbearable': Young Greeks speak out about lack of prospects 15 years after crisis
The Journal visited Athens in advance of the EU elections to find out how young people have fared in comparison to Ireland.
Opinion: State board members are paid so why aren't charity organisation board members?
Fiona Cormican
This year
2024
Rental crisis in Dublin is a 'contributory factor' in garda resignations
Sex-for-rent arrangements 'insidious effect of housing crisis', says international student group
Opinion: I've been rejected by the government's Cost Rental Scheme again - it's time to emigrate
Jess Ní Mhaoláin
Who are the 31 politicians in the Dáil who declared themselves as landlords last year?
Three deputies declared a rental income for the first time in 2023.
Over half of domestic violence refuges across the country are full
Services told The Journal that the housing crisis has made it extremely difficult for women and children in refuge accommodation to move on.
Irish language activists and politicians protest at the Dáil over 'Gaeltacht housing crisis'
Students outraged by accommodation provider's move from 40-week tenancies to year-round leases
Minister's message to Irish construction workers abroad: 'Ireland needs you to help us build homes'
Homes at Sandyford ‘Mint’ site could be decade away despite land transfer approval
The Central Bank said it would take seven years for it to vacate the site off the M50.
Purpose-built apartment blocks for healthcare staff such as junior doctors must be considered, says Donnelly
Council cites housing crisis as reason to refuse planning permission for new 111-bedroom hotel
Financial analyst: House affordability should be the government's focus, not just house prices
Mark Coan
Michael O'Leary says Ryanair has 'nothing to apologise for' after it bulk buys housing estate
Varadkar: Most first-time buyers in Ireland purchase second-hand homes because they are cheaper
More than 5,000 applications for 535 cost-rental homes in Dublin and Kildare
Ryanair reveals it's purchased 25 homes for cabin crew staff in Swords housing estate
High rents, evictions, poor conditions: Growing number of older people with housing difficulties
House prices outside Dublin to increase by 4.9% in 2024
'Discriminates against single people': Readers share their experiences of govt housing schemes
Single people in particular reported feeling forgotten and left out of government supports.
Locals question silence over future of 28 homes in Swords
The homes are in the housing minister’s constituency of Dublin Fingal.
Just 33 rental properties available within HAP limits across 16 local authority areas