Irish Examiner view: Housing may be the next vote decider

Housing has become a generational issue for many Irish people.

Not only is housing a problem for the thousands desperate to find a home, it is potentially an election-decider. File Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

With the ard fheis season largely over and the battle lines drawn ahead of the next election — whenever it might take place — the single biggest issue facing the current Government, along with those wishing the electorate to place them in power instead, is housing.

In the 15 years since the 2008 crash, which signalled the end of Ireland’s last building boom, housing has been the single biggest political issue of the modern era and that does not look like changing anytime soon as the Government struggles to match demand with supply.