How has Ireland’s approach to housing changed over the last 10 years?

With both Rebuilding Ireland and Housing for All now in the rear view mirror, the current coalition will be tasked at coming up with a revised housing plan, writes Tadgh McNally

Years of underinvestment in housing has lead to a crunch point where demand has outstripped supply. File picture

The term housing crisis first entered the Irish lexicon in the 2010s when spiralling home prices, rising rent, increasing homelessness, and falling house delivery became a pattern across the country.

In late 2012, Trinity economist Ronan Lyons wrote that as Ireland was emerging from the property crash, the Government needed to begin to plan to build the houses that cities would need over the decade ahead.