Meet the human faces of the housing crisis

They're working hard and doing their best to save — but many younger people feel they will never own their own homes
Katie Harrington, Galway, who lives in rented accommodation, says she will find it extremely difficult to buy her own home. Picture: Moya Nolan

Katie Harrington, Galway, who lives in rented accommodation, says she will find it extremely difficult to buy her own home. Picture: Moya Nolan

Last week, reporter Ryan O’Rourke, 27, wrote that many of his generation will seemingly never be able to buy their own homes, as international funds buy up property in bulk. Now, he and Shauna Bowers talk to many others caught in a similar trap — the human faces of the housing crisis

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