You can not boil down the intricacies of a society to a chamber of 158 people, but diversity of social class matters in the Oireachtas, writes Noel Rock.

The Government has dismissed even considering laws recently introduced in New Zealand banning foreigners buying homes in that country.

Whether it’s ESB connections, planning permissions, BER certificates, or commencement notices, there is no accurate system to count the number of homes being built, writes Michael Clifford.

Focus Ireland is calling on the Housing Minister to provide more clarity on the latest homeless figures.

Minister Eoghan Murphy needs to "wake up, smell the coffee, roll up the sleeves and get to work."

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy and his department have defended moves to “lower” minimum standards for new apartments, despite widespread concerns being expressed.

Websites which advertise sub-standard, dangerous or excessively overpriced rental properties could face criminal sanctions in a bid to clamp down on questionable units flooding the market.

The homelessness and rent crisis is a long way from being solved and will require increased building of homes over many years, according to Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy.

Funding to support inspections of rental properties has been reduced by almost a third in recent years.

The government's strategy on homelessness has been criticised by its own Fine Gael TDs after recent controversial remarks by the Taoiseach and the Housing Minister comparing the problem here to other countries.

Plans to increase the number of social houses being built “fall far short” of what is required to address the escalating crisis, a key homeless charity has claimed.

There are calls for the Housing Minister to intervene in the eviction of 17 Dublin households.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has apologised to the tens of thousands of homeowners affected by the water stoppage in Meath and Louth.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has been told it is vital the Government decides on changes to the distribution of the local property tax (LPT) next year so local authorities can fix budgets.

A “black hole” of more than €200m to cover the cost of the ongoing suspension of water charges and other related water costs will have to be prioritised in October’s budget ahead of other spending demands, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has come under fire after admitting that the Government’s vacant homes plan may not be published until after the budget.

‘We are not going to force people out of their homes,’ says Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy, whose plans to target ‘stranded assets’ may include tax write-offs or grant incentives, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe

Latest: Housing experts say the introduction of rent pressure zones are not working, and that rents are still rising drastically.

The Housing Minister has welcomed the withdrawal of termination notices served on residents of The Strand apartments in Limerick.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney said he will work with the activists behind Apollo House and that they have sparked a national conversation about homelessness, writes Joyce Fegan.

The Housing Minister has been forced to launch a new attempt to fix a drafting error in the law behind rent caps.

The housing minister says if he intervened to set rents across the country, then investment in the sector would flee.

The Housing Minister has signalled he will not be introducing rent controls in a package of measures to be announced next month.

The Housing Minister will announce details of the fast track delivery of 30,000 homes this morning

The housing minister has been accused of ignoring the recommendations of a special committee on housing.