A new record of 10,264 homeless people is triggering calls for the upcoming local elections to be treated by voters as a referendum on the Government’s “failed” housing policies.

Former Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan says that Rebuilding Ireland is not fit for purpose and she is calling on the Government to admits its housing policy is failing.

Ten local authorities have run out of their initial funding for the Government's crisis-hit home loan scheme despite Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy insisting money is available to continue the project.

Tweets sent by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy which included the Fine Gael logo were retweeted by Mr Murphy's department Twitter account.

The Government’s Rebuilding Ireland strategy, aimed at easing the housing crisis, has failed and requires a doubling of funds for social and affordable homes.

The Government is determined to fast-track the delivery of more social housing projects, Junior Housing Minister Damien English has insisted.

State-sponsored sub-prime lending. That is what the Government announced this week and it is a disaster waiting to happen.

There are far fewer barren estates around the country, writes Seán McCártaigh but the idea of them as a solution to the housing crisis has been abandoned too.

An ‘eyesore’ section of a ghost estate is constantly hampering community efforts to better the area.

More than a year since demolition plans for up to 20 homes in another ghost estate were announced, the process has stalled.

Council officials have been praised for tackling what was once described as one of Cork’s worst ghost estates.

A special taskforce has helped slash the number of ghost estates in County Cork from a record national high of 280 seven years ago to just 56.

It’s taken almost six years since they first spoke out, but residents of a former ghost estate in mid-Cork can finally see light at the end of the tunnel.

Local authorities will get over €226m to facilitate the building of 23,000 homes over the next four years, as part of a plan to provide infrastructure for the construction of properties.

Eoin Ó Broin TD says Housing Minister Simon Coveney’s grace period is over and he should turn his focus from press launches to building and buying more homes, and meeting the targets as recommended by the Dáil committee on housing    

In a special report, Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe looks at how people are still suffering despite Government attempts to fix the housing crisis. Housing Minister Simon Coveney and CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust Pat Doyle also have their say on this crucial issue facing the country.

An economic think-tank has urged the Government to ditch its ‘Rebuilding Ireland’ plan in favour of a new housing model centred on a commercial semi-state utility system.