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<p>Then taoiseach Micheál Martin, then tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Environment Minister Eamon Ryan, and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien TD launching Housing for All in 2021. It has emerged that EY has been paid €2.6m for services related to the strategy since the start of 2022. Picture: Maxwell's</p>

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Department halts its probe into thousands of unactivated planning permissions

After discovering so many unused permissions — including 43,000 units in Dublin alone — department has decided not to ask why this is happening

<p> Tánaiste Micheál Martin speaking to reporters during the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy at UCC on June 22. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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Defence Forces will come under spotlight in the wake of Women of Honour disclosures

<p>The Central Bank <span lang="EN-US">estimates, based on information from industry representatives and survey data, there will be 27,500 houses built in 2023, 1,500 below the current 29,000 target. Picture</span>: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</p>

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Government denies Central Bank claim it will miss its housing targets

Darragh O'Brien promises to enact 'right to first refusal' for tenants before summer recess

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Darragh O'Brien promises to enact 'right to first refusal' for tenants before summer recess

Leo Varadkar visit to Limerick

politics

Varadkar: FG/Labour government should have acted earlier on housing

Housing stock

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Cork accounted for half of affordable homes scheme purchases last year

Businessman giving a key and holding small house in hand.

Cork City Council only bought three tenant-in-situ homes

Measure to alleviate the lifting of the eviction ban has only been used three times by the country's largest local authority

Mon, 03 Apr, 2023

Housebuilding targets too low to cope with rising population, summit hears

Housebuilding targets too low to cope with rising population, summit hears

Marian Finnegan, managing director with Sherry Fitzgerald, said Ireland should be averaging 52,600 completions a year.

Thu, 23 Mar, 2023

Gerry Hutch court case

Government accused of 'gaslighting' renters

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald called on the Government to introduce a tax credit worth a month's rent, a ban on rent increases, and to extend the eviction ban.

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Construction worker busy working at job site. Framed building. Materials.

Planners will face fines for missing deadlines under proposed new planning law

Oireachtas committee hears that planning authorities — including An Bord Pleanála / An Coimisiún Pleanála will be penalised for deviating from mandatory timelines

Tue, 07 Feb, 2023

Housing shortage is impacting Ireland's attractiveness – IBEC

Housing shortage is impacting Ireland's attractiveness – IBEC

Business group proposes measures that would cut the cost of a new home by €30,000

Mon, 30 Jan, 2023

O'Brien on shaky ground as Varadkar goes back to drawing board on housing targets

O'Brien on shaky ground as Varadkar goes back to drawing board on housing targets

It was a clear signal to many that the State’s Housing for All plan was failing

Tue, 10 Jan, 2023

CC CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2O23

New law aims to secure Ireland's oil supply into the future

As well as a bill addressing energy security, Cabinet will consider consolidating measures to bring vacant homes back into use

Wed, 04 Jan, 2023

House building

Additional 50,000 skilled workers needed to meet Government housing targets

Report recommends recruitment campaign to attract plumbers, carpenters, and bricklayers from Europe and beyond

Thu, 22 Dec, 2022

Taoiseach attends Christmas lunch for Ukrainians

Varadkar 'to take ownership' of housing and climate change

Leo Varadkar pledges to adopt a hands-on approach to the big challenges facing Ireland as he begins new term as Taoiseach

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

House under construction.

Housing targets in 'significant trouble' with 16% contraction in home building

New CSO figures show that construction activity — residential and non-residential alike — has dropped in the third quarter of 2022

Thu, 01 Dec, 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

Threshold housing campaign

O'Brien admits 40,000 new homes needed to meet demand

Housing Minister said the construction industry would need time to 'scale up' to exceed this year's target of 24,600

Tue, 15 Nov, 2022

Taoiseach will not apologise for record-breaking homelessness in ard fheis speech

Taoiseach will not apologise for record-breaking homelessness in ard fheis speech

There were 10,805 people living in emergency accommodation in August, of those 3,220 were children.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

Government 'not backing down' on concrete levy despite backbench backlash

Government 'not backing down' on concrete levy despite backbench backlash

Despite TDs' protests, a senior Coalition source said last night there are 'no plans to postpone' the introduction of the levy which will contribute to the mica redress scheme

Thu, 29 Sep, 2022

Housing construction

Housing delivery in Dublin facing 'exceptional challenges and high risks'

A report delivered to the Housing Minister maps out a stark challenge facing housing delivery in Dublin, threatening the ability to meet the Government's housing targets

Sun, 11 Sep, 2022

Sleeping Bag, Home Of The Homeless. Image shot 2007. Exact date unknown.

Homelessness nears all-time record amid fears it is becoming 'a life sentence'

Simon Communities of Ireland calls for action on housing in Budget 2023 as almost 10,500 people are now without a home

Fri, 29 Jul, 2022

Stock house building

House completions seen falling short of Housing for All targets

Delays and escalating inflation weigh on some schemes

Mon, 13 Jun, 2022

Close-up of a couple receiving key of their new real estate.

State spending on rent subsidies tops €1bn for the first time

Government accused of making housing and rental crisis worse

Mon, 06 Jun, 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

Construction industry needs 'to attract more female apprentices' to meet housing targets

Construction industry needs 'to attract more female apprentices' to meet housing targets

A FutureBuilding Initiative has been launched to identify people for direct placement into employment in the sector

Thu, 05 May, 2022

War on Ukraine to impact housing but O'Brien insists Ireland will meet its targets

War on Ukraine to impact housing but O'Brien insists Ireland will meet its targets

The latest quarterly progress report of the Government's Housing For All plan says that while "good progress has been made through the quarter and early indicators are positive", the war in Ukraine could cause problems for homebuilding.

Thu, 07 Apr, 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

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Householders upgrading their homes will be competing against wealthy multinationals for scarce skilled workers

Tue, 08 Feb, 2022

Homeownership collapses as costs now classed as 'severely unaffordable'

Homeownership collapses as costs now classed as 'severely unaffordable'

In the 12 months to October 2021, house prices rose by 13.5% — outstripping the 12.6% rate seen in the Celtic Tiger years.

Thu, 13 Jan, 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

'Exceptional' growth in house prices signals 'a bumpy ride' for homebuyers

'Exceptional' growth in house prices signals 'a bumpy ride' for homebuyers

Figures show that, based on 2018 data, only the top 25% of earners are in a position to buy a house in Dublin with a 90% mortgage

Tue, 16 Nov, 2021

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Rory Hearne: Construction now part of precarious ‘gig’ economy

Young people are reluctant to enter a sector with boom-bust bouts of unemployment and bogus self-employment, but a State agency would counter this, says Rory Hearne

Mon, 15 Nov, 2021

Budget 2022 failed to provide what was required to deliver Housing For All

Budget 2022 failed to provide what was required to deliver Housing For All

The Government do not seem to grasp the true scale of the housing crisis, and Budget 2022 will do little to end it, writes Social Justice Ireland analyst Susanne Rogers.

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Apartments construction

Public building projects are now needed, says Construction Industry Federation

Builders have welcomed the extension of the Help to Buy scheme, writes Construction Industry Federation director Conor O'Connell.

Tue, 12 Oct, 2021

Affordable housing scheme

'Deeper capacity' needed in planning staff, says industry regulator

The state’s independent oversight body for planning also said more training is needed for local authority staff because of the complexity of the planning code

Mon, 04 Oct, 2021

Businessman giving a key and holding small house in hand.

Government to bring forward measures to keep rental demands in line with inflation

Housing for All plan would ensure that 'everyone in the State' would have access to quality, affordable housing, said the minister

Tue, 28 Sep, 2021

Darragh O'Brien TD

O’Brien defends housing plan amid criticism from experts

Architect Orla Hegarty said the Government needed to move away from the “supply, supply, supply mantra”.

Mon, 27 Sep, 2021

Housing crisis: ‘All I ever wanted was a home for my family’

Housing crisis: ‘All I ever wanted was a home for my family’

In the space of a year, Lydia and her family went from pinpointing a home to buy to couchsurfing in Dublin. Their experience is far from rare, highlighting the stressful and dehumanising vagaries of the housing system, writes Noel Baker

Sat, 25 Sep, 2021

Housing activists poster dozens of derelict Cork sites in advance of protest

Housing activists poster dozens of derelict Cork sites in advance of protest

Community Action Tenants Union believes many of them are owned by wealthy people waiting for property values to go up

Sat, 11 Sep, 2021

Stock house building

Cianan Brennan: Government again misses the chance to score on housing open goal

Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien has come under fire over the new housing plan and, specifically, certain exemptions for developers

Thu, 09 Sep, 2021

The joy of downsizing: 'It’s my little palace'

The joy of downsizing: 'It’s my little palace'

The Housing for All ‘rightsizing’ approach has been pioneered by Cork City Council through schemes like the award-winning 30-unit Arus Mhuire development in Blackrock

Sun, 05 Sep, 2021

Mick Clifford: Strategy is a gentle squeeze when the housing crisis really needs radical action

Mick Clifford: Strategy is a gentle squeeze when the housing crisis really needs radical action

Housing For All will gently skim profit from private landowners, when affordability is the real crux of Ireland's housing crisis

Sun, 05 Sep, 2021

Daniel McConnell: Martin hangs on the line as Simon Coveney text debacle rumbles on

Daniel McConnell: Martin hangs on the line as Simon Coveney text debacle rumbles on

Taoiseach is boxed in by Coveney's baffling twists and turns — and the fact that he can't call for the heads of non-FF ministers

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021

BAM Construct UK

Housing for All reliance on firms criticised

Housing for All plan is being criticised for a number of 'flaws', including relying too heavily on the private sector

Fri, 03 Sep, 2021

FILE PHOTO The government’s new Housing for All plan will be revealed later today, and is expected to focus on investment in aff

New plan will see a 'massive expansion' for State's role in housing

New plan promises 'a real chance' for squeezed middle to buy their own home and measures to improve renters' security

Thu, 02 Sep, 2021

Housing for All launch - Ireland

Paul Hosford: Coalition's legacy will rest on its Housing for All strategy

Talk is the one thing that's cheap when it comes to housing, and what really matters now is whether the plan works

Thu, 02 Sep, 2021

Architect designing a commercial building

Added land value will be shared with the State

Under the new 'land value sharing' initiative, the State will secure a portion of the increase in market value of land after rezoning

Thu, 02 Sep, 2021

Stock house building

Broad welcome for housing plan from industry and NGO sector

Both the construction industry and housing charities have given a cautious thumbs up to the Government's 'ambitious' Housing For All plan

Thu, 02 Sep, 2021

House model and key in home insurance broker agent hand or in salesman person. Real estate agent offer house, property insuranc

Plan to be launched today aims for 160,000 houses over next five years

A key measure to be announced will be a 'land-sharing value'. This would see landowners or developers forced to pay up to half the increase in the value of land which is rezoned for housing.

Thu, 02 Sep, 2021