Sunday 17 January, 2021
Questions hang over the completion of social and affordable housing projects.
Residents live alongside social and private tenants, all sharing common amenities.
The report launched today has also suggested councils should build smaller units so tenants can downsize when their children are grown.
The first phase of the development will deliver 56 homes.
Dublin City Council has has put in place an expert group to complete repairs and carry out an inspection of all of the blocks.
Sinn Féin had been floating the possibility of tabling the motion of no confidence in Murphy over the past few weeks.
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin has accused the government of “massaging the figures”.
The pair had a heated debate over the government’s housing record.
Social Housing Delivery Targets for Local Authorities commit to providing an additional 50,000 social housing homes by the end of 2021.
A public hearing on the plan is due this month.
The council said it is doing so in order to encourage families to seek housing in the private rented sector.
Barnardos wants €250 million to be invested in public services to help children in need.
It also hopes to source land for social rental accommodation in the midlands and west.
The Housing Minister said that accurate figures around new builds would be available later this year.
A list sent to tenants includes draught-proofing of doors and windows and maintenance of external walls and gates.
A review of the income eligibility limits for social housing supports has commenced.
3,333 children were homeless in Ireland in November.
Having worked in housing, homelessness and social work for 45 years, Justin O’Brien reflects on personal challenges, successes and milestones.
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) found that the state was in breach of the European Social Charter.
The housing budget was increased to €1.9 billion for 2018 but will result in only 31 new builds more than those we already knew about.
A new development recently won the top prize at the Irish Council for Social Housing’s 8th Biennial Community Housing Awards.
Sinn Féin raised concerns about the lack of integration between social and private housing, however.
A new documentary being shown in the IFI on the UK’s housing crisis may point the way for steps to take in an Irish context, say experts.
It would consist of 200 social houses and apartments and 340 affordable homes.
We break down the argument over waiting list figures – and what the government says it will do to clear them (or not).
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar tweeted that “social house building has quadrupled since 2015″.
In short, yes – but many were sold off at a discount to their tenants and so passed from the public housing stock.
A family spoke to RTE’s Morning Ireland about being homeless.
The family of seven are living in a caravan without basic facilities such as running water.
The Simon Community study found that some 630 properties available to rent are beyond the reach of those on HAP.
A new report argues that investment should be made into local authority housing as opposed to privately owned homes.
An issue had arisen whereby planning permission granted for large-scale housing developments during the recession could run out, forcing workers to down tools.
Eoghan Murphy was the opening of a new 70-bed social housing building in Chapelizod.
The deal was made between the city council, Department of Housing and the developers.
It is entirely feasible to establish a State company that can borrow off balance sheet, writes Éilis Ryan.
The government said that no “provision and/or financing of social housing on an off-balance sheet basis could be identified”.
A new report assesses the scale and impact of stigma on social housing in Ireland.
The Simon Communities want vacant properties to be used to boost social housing supply.
In the second instalment of our two-part series, FactCheck referees an on-air dispute between Damien English and Eoin Ó Broin.
Part One of FactCheck’s two-part series on high-profile disputes over social housing, this week.
