Michael Moynihan: We need to start a conversation about commodifying houses

Circumstances can appear to confound those seeking homes of their own at every turn — or more precisely, at every level

The house is continuously commodified and valued beyond apartments. Picture: Larry Cummins

Housing, accommodation, land, prices, apartments, zoning, downsizing, dereliction, developers, upsizing, building ... the trail of triggering concepts when it comes to life in modern Ireland is long, and was long before we ever heard of coronavirus, but property in all its many forms, has to be near the top of the list.

It lies at the centre of so many webs that anything property-adjacent gets people going, it seems.