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<p>Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said renters were 'battered, bruised and exhausted'. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire</p>

politics

Opposition demands tax credits for renters and ban on rent increases

'You could have done this at one time, you chose not to,' Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald told Micheál Martin.

<p>Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh: 'Soaring construction costs coupled with pandemic-related delays and labour shortages are all putting upward pressure on the cost of delivering housing in Ireland.' File picture: Larry Cummins</p>

politics

Nama warns 'soaring construction costs' undermining viability of building new homes

<p>A new report from the Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) said "personal debt difficulty seems destined to remain a feature of Irish society".</p>

news

FLAC wants mortgage arrears cases to be resolved away from the courts

Stock house building

politics

'Havoc in the housing market': Thousands of homes snapped up by investors

Estate agent giving house keys to customer and sign agreement in office.

ourview

Irish Examiner view: ‘Generation rent’ has been failed again

Housing Minister insists cuckoo funds will not drive up apartment rents

politics

Housing Minister insists cuckoo funds will not drive up apartment rents

Government's cuckoo fund housing measures branded a 'cop-out'

Government's cuckoo fund housing measures branded a 'cop-out'

Investment funds "breathed a sigh of relief," after the publication of new rules, says Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald

Wed, 19 May, 2021

Up to half of homes in new developments to be made available to owner-occupiers

Up to half of homes in new developments to be made available to owner-occupiers

New rules designed to tackle influence of cuckoo funds, 'effectively banning the bulk sales of homes'

Wed, 19 May, 2021

Up to half of new housing estates could be reserved for owner-occupiers

Up to half of new housing estates could be reserved for owner-occupiers

The measure is seen in Government as a major curbing of the influence of cuckoo funds, which have purchased large swathes of developments across the country in recent years

Tue, 18 May, 2021

Dáil to vote on stamp duty hike to stop cuckoo funds buying up family homes

Dáil to vote on stamp duty hike to stop cuckoo funds buying up family homes

Ministers are effectively approving a mini-budget to deter cuckoo funds from gazumping families

Tue, 18 May, 2021

Dun Emer Lusk, Sod Turning

Letters to the editor: Time for young people to make a stand

Unless there is radical change to housing policy then funding State functions should stop

Mon, 17 May, 2021

Mullen Park, Maynooth

International funds 'will be required in Irish housing for years to come'

About 20% of the 20,000 housing units in the year leading up to the Covid pandemic were built by tapping 'institutional' investors and international funds will continue to play a role in building houses for rent and in providing financing for housing, economist says

Tue, 11 May, 2021