Social Housing

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Stormont Assembly
Varadkar: Council homes vacant 'for good reason' 
Report revealed more than 3,500 council homes across the country lay empty at the end of the first half of this year

Mon, 11 Sep, 2023

Taoiseach refuses to apologise for remarks about people turning down social housing
Taoiseach refuses to apologise for remarks about people turning down social housing
Leo Varadkar has been strongly criticised for claiming there are 'plenty of cases' in his constituency of people who have 'refused multiple offers of social housing'

Wed, 12 Jul, 2023

elevated view of a uk building site
Department denies reports that works on social housing sites are delayed due to building costs
On Sunday, RTÉ's 'This Week' programme said sites would be delayed because of the renegotiation of funding under the Capital Advance Facility Loan (CALF), due to inflation in construction costs

Wed, 10 May, 2023

Unfinished 'eyesore' is converted into 95 new homes for Cork 
Unfinished 'eyesore' is converted into 95 new homes for Cork 
The apartment complex is the largest social housing project delivered by an approved housing body in Munster this year

Fri, 28 Apr, 2023

Cut in developers' costs and increased grants for house buyers proposed
Cut in developers' costs and increased grants for house buyers proposed
Last week, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Ireland is short of 250,000 homes, which is contributing to inflated house prices and rents

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

Building sector
Calls to curb large-scale social housing in parts of Kerry
Councillors told big social housing estates built for approved housing bodies 'don’t work' and lead to anti-social behaviour

Wed, 12 Apr, 2023

Frustration as new homes lie vacant in Cork despite more than 700 applications
Frustration as new homes lie vacant in Cork despite more than 700 applications
The development in Carrigaline was completed in January but remains empty more than two months later despite a huge volume of interest

Fri, 24 Mar, 2023

Taoiseach attends Christmas lunch for Ukrainians
Taoiseach orders OPW to identify land for modular housing as targets missed
Just 30% of a promised 9,000 new-build social homes were delivered by September

Sat, 24 Dec, 2022

House prices
Government approves €5,000 rise in income eligibility for social housing
It means around 16,000 households could be eligible to apply for social housing nationwide from January 1, 2023.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2022

Income thresholds for social housing to rise by €5,000
Income thresholds for social housing to rise by €5,000
Government to make more people eligible for social housing after housing minister comes under fire for failing to act on a year-old report on eligibility

Wed, 23 Nov, 2022

Rory Hearne: Latest updates show Government still falling short on housing targets
Rory Hearne: Latest updates show Government still falling short on housing targets
We are losing our youth, our future, because of the failure to provide the basic human need of a home

Mon, 07 Nov, 2022

Meeting housing targets 'challenging', says Darragh O'Brien
Meeting housing targets 'challenging', says Darragh O'Brien
'Some difficulty' to reach target of 4,100 cost rental homes

Tue, 23 Aug, 2022

City councillors approve one of Cork's first-rapid build social housing schemes in Bishopstown
City councillors approve one of Cork's first-rapid build social housing schemes in Bishopstown
Plans include a four- and five-storey building containing 43 apartments — 17 one-bed and 26 two-bed apartments, each with private balcony or terrace

Thu, 04 Aug, 2022

Ministers Donohoe & O’Brien visit DCC site at O’Devaney Gardens
New rate of tax to help middle-income earners under consideration for budget 
While is widely expected the threshold for entering the higher rate of income tax will increase, the introduction of the extra 30% tax rate has not yet been ruled out

Fri, 08 Jul, 2022

Rising costs could hit delivery of social housing 
Rising costs could hit delivery of social housing 
Approved housing bodies were told last week that the Housing Finance Agency fixed-rates for lending are set to increase

Sun, 08 May, 2022

Mca Protest At The Dail
Mick Clifford: Excluding social housing bodies from remediation scheme is primitive
Excluding social housing bodies from home defects redress, and the reason for doing so, would be laughable if it weren’t so damaging, writes Special Correspondent Mick Clifford

Wed, 13 Apr, 2022

FILE PHOTO The government’s new Housing for All plan will be revealed later today, and is expected to focus on investment in aff
Two-thirds on social housing list wait over two years
While the numbers waiting have reduced for the fifth consecutive year, 59,247 households were still waiting for social housing.  Across the two Cork authorities, there were over 6,700 households on the waiting list — 11.4% of the national total

Wed, 30 Mar, 2022

Ireland 'failing to provide appropriate accommodation for Travellers and local authority tenants' 
Ireland 'failing to provide appropriate accommodation for Travellers and local authority tenants' 
European human rights watchdog found Ireland in breach of social charter over 'chronic failure' to provide sufficient accommodation for Travellers, and maintain adequate conditions of existing sites

Thu, 24 Mar, 2022

Housing stock
More than 260,000 eligible people aren't in receipt of long-term social housing
Cost to State to deliver social housing for all of those with unmet needs would be approximately €14.3 billion

Thu, 03 Mar, 2022

Housing stock
Number of HAP tenants to increase to 72,000 this year
The Public Accounts Committee also heard sharp criticism of the level of inspections in rental properties, as just 11,731 took place in the first nine months of last year

Thu, 17 Feb, 2022

Housing minister questions content of Social Justice Ireland's housing report
Housing minister questions content of Social Justice Ireland's housing report
"The 90,000 social homes committed to under Housing For All are new build homes," wrote Darragh O'Brien.

Thu, 13 Jan, 2022

No 'low-hanging fruit' to address Dublin's social housing shortages 
No 'low-hanging fruit' to address Dublin's social housing shortages 
The Oireachtas committee will hear that powers to purchase lands and buildings are not being used enough

Tue, 14 Dec, 2021

Stock house building
Rory Hearne: State is creating artificial scarcity of homes 
Inadequate Government funding and a failure to provide land has limited approved housing bodies and let investor funds outbid them in acquiring homes

Mon, 29 Nov, 2021

FILE PHOTO End of Year Review 2019 from NAMA reveals 2 billion euro to be given to Exchequer END
Homes being transferred by Nama for social housing are already used for that purpose
Brendan McDonagh said Nama has offered 7,000 homes to local authorities for social housing but that only 2,600 have been accepted

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021

Saving money for house concept with white piggy bank
No bank accounts and mounting debts: financial difficulties faced by social housing tenants
One fifth of social housing residents experience problem debt, and one in eight do not have a bank, credit union or post office account, report finds

Wed, 16 Jun, 2021

Covid 'has exposed inadequate housing supply and inequality'
Covid 'has exposed inadequate housing supply and inequality'
Social Justice Ireland highlight areas they say should be prioritised in this year’s budget

Thu, 03 Jun, 2021

Cahirmee horse fair
Former Cork prison site being considered for housing potential
Lying idle for five years, the former jail on the northside of Cork City could become a site for new homes

Mon, 31 May, 2021

Opposition parties defend voting against 1,200-home development
Opposition parties defend voting against 1,200-home development
The parties have criticised the amount being paid for the Co Dublin site by developer Glenveagh

Thu, 27 May, 2021

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Irish Examiner view: ‘Generation rent’ has been failed again
Government accused of giving green light to vulture funds by excluding apartments from stamp duty measures

Fri, 21 May, 2021

Sinn Féin motion on building 20,000 social homes a year passed
Sinn Féin motion on building 20,000 social homes a year passed
The bill calls on the Government to double capital investment in homes

Tue, 18 May, 2021

Housing Market Stock
Number of households seeking social housing up 33% since 2016
Government needs to set a target of having 20% of all housing being as social housing by 2030, says Social Justice Ireland 

Mon, 10 May, 2021

Limerick has more vacant council houses than homeless people
Limerick has more vacant council houses than homeless people
However, more than half of the nearly 300 vacant properties belonging to Limerick City and County Council are in need of refurbishment before they can be lived in

Sun, 11 Apr, 2021

Irish government cabinet meeting
Land Development Agency Bill will 'strip powers from local authorities', Dáil hears
The bill would enable councils to transfer public land to the agency without a vote from councillors

Thu, 11 Mar, 2021

Coronavirus - Mon May 18, 2020
Almost two-thirds of Nama homes offered for social housing 'lost to private sector'
Under-delivery of social and affordable homes by Nama described as an own-goal in the context of a national housing emergency

Wed, 03 Mar, 2021

Planning approved for more than 20 apartments in Ballincollig
Planning approved for more than 20 apartments in Ballincollig
An Bord Pleanala approved the revised scheme, a larger version of which had previously been rejected by Cork City Council.

Fri, 08 Jan, 2021

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New polls show backing for 'right to housing' and high satisfaction levels among social housing tenants 
New surveys show strong public support for a constitutional right to housing and high satisfaction among social housing tenants as to the quality of their accommodation.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2020

Charity houses more than 1,200 people in spite of Covid challenges
Charity houses more than 1,200 people in spite of Covid challenges
This year sees 50% rise in the numbers aided by Peter McVerry Trust

Thu, 03 Dec, 2020

Spurred By Rising Prices, Phoenix Undergoes A New Housing Boom
Just 185 out of 3,500 vacant homes converted into social housing
The scheme is to be overhauled as it falls significantly short of target

Sun, 18 Oct, 2020

Budget 2021: Extra €700m for social and affordable housing 
Budget 2021: Extra €700m for social and affordable housing 
Between €285m and €290m will also be pumped into retrofitting older houses

Mon, 12 Oct, 2020

Social housing construction failed to meet target in 2019
Local councils, housing non-profits and private builders were supposed to finish 6,242 homes for people on the housing list.

Fri, 15 May, 2020

Hundreds of social houses to be built in Tallaght - but Cllr wants more
Hundreds of social houses to be built in Tallaght - but Cllr wants more

Dunne The In Land But Public Louise Proposed Defeated Was Keeping Ownership, Councillor

Tue, 10 Mar, 2020

250 new social homes to be built nationwide by Circle VHA
250 new social homes to be built nationwide by Circle VHA

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Thu, 12 Dec, 2019

Only 35% of social housing targets met by September
Only 35% of social housing targets met by September

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Thu, 12 Dec, 2019

Fianna Fáil leader accuses Fine Gael of 'looking down their noses' at social housing projects
Fianna Fáil leader accuses Fine Gael of 'looking down their noses' at social housing projects

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Thu, 21 Nov, 2019

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