Association uses new funding approach to redevelop homes for older people
FOLD Ireland used private funds to redevelop a housing project in north Dublin after ownership was transferred from Dublin City Council.
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Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan said it is the government’s “firm ambition” to eliminate longterm homelessness and rough sleeping by 2016. Opposition TDs were having none of it.
View Article€373m spent in three years on private rental properties for social housing
A further €66.9 million has already been spent this year on another leasing initiative that involving private rental property.
View Article80,000 new homes are needed but TDs will hear today who needs them and where
A national housing plan is vital argues one social housing group.
View ArticleHere’s how many houses Nama has handed over for social housing
Spoiler: It’s just 11 per cent of the available stock.
View ArticleOver 232,000 children in Ireland are living in poverty
A review of Ireland’s economy also pointed out that the poorest ten per cent of the population had been hit hardest and said this has been “more or less ignored”.
View ArticleAn ageing population and lack of housing could cause headaches for the...
ALONE has made the warning as it launches a nationwide housing campaign.
View Article‘Getting worse by the night’: TDs debate Ireland’s growing housing crisis
The government was accused of demonstrating “arrogance beyond belief” as only three members of the coalition attended the discussion.
View ArticleHomelessness and taking DNA samples from suspected criminals
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View ArticleIs this the solution to Ireland’s social housing problems?
The problem is generally considered to be stock. But, a plan put before South Dublin County Council could solve that.
View ArticleNew funding to boost house construction but Dublin city to see budget slashed
Councillors want answers over why their housing budget is to be cut by 50 per cent over the next two years.
View ArticleHere’s how the government is going to spend the €200 million it raised from...
Cash for the GAA, pyrite redress, cyclepaths and road improvements are all in the pipeine.
View ArticleOpinion: The election results offer radical possibilities to solve the...
The people of Dublin city have voted for a majority left-wing council. Now let’s see what they can do with it.
View ArticleIs this the ‘ambitious action’ needed to fix Ireland’s social housing market?
A new report has said the sector is ‘at a crossroads’.
View Article“I was shattered”: Nigerian man arrives home to racist protest on his doorstep
Protesters held signs saying ‘Local homes for local people’ and told him he shouldn’t have been given his council house.
View Article‘Hopeless fantasy’: McVerry warns that homelessness will increase by 2016,...
Joan Burton defended the government’s Housing Bill at the launch of the Peter McVerry Trust Annual Report 2013. The Trust helped 3,586 people last year, up from 383 six years ago.
View Article‘The entire system is rubbish’: Just 40 houses bought through...
David Hall, Director of the Irish Mortgage Holders’ Organisation, said it is “sickening” that it’s cheaper for banks to repossess a house than it is to participate in the scheme.
View ArticleBurton’s social housing promises ‘can’t be more spin’
The new Labour leader is being asked to scrap the Home Assistance Payment.
View ArticleIs ‘Part V’ a boom-time housing tax, or the answer to social housing waiting...
This sector of the Planning and Development requires developers to set aside a set percentage
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