Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Concerns over cost of Johnny Ronan’s affordable housing plans at former Glass Bottle site in Dublin

Costs of new apartments ‘very challenging’, Dublin City Council says

Reforming the planning laws: ‘It was never going to be a short-term solution to the housing problem’

Within weeks An Bord Pleánala will become An Coimisiún Pleanála - but what impact will it have and how is it changing?

James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge

Housing gets enormous amounts of money and endless new initiatives. But it has never had an alignment of power and responsibility

Sinn Féin accuses Government of misleading public over ‘additional’ Uisce Éireann funding

€1bn allocation did not provide any further funding, utility‘s chair told former minister

There is a crisis of accountability at the top of the Irish public service

We call housing a ‘crisis’ but don’t deal with it that way

Ires chief executive favours ‘simple’ rent-cap increase under Government review

Eddie Byrne warns of complications tied to reference rent system

Council staff check radio death notices and RIP.ie to help identify correct people to strike off electoral register

Hundreds of thousands of names on Ireland’s electoral registers should not be there, An Coimisiún Toghcháin warns

What will the Housing Activation Office – and possible chief executive Brendan McDonagh – do?

Housing Activation Office intended to speed up housing by bringing in local authorities, developers and utilities

Over 2,000 vacant homes back in residential use after owners receive grants worth €112.5m

Most applications for the vacant property refurbishment grant were received in Donegal, Cork and Mayo

Number of people in homelessness reaches new record high of 15,418

Emergency accommodation users up by 11.2 per cent over 12 months to end of March, official figures show

‘My heart shattered. There’s no hope for us’: Families react to housing department’s decision on Dublin flats regeneration

Number of homes in Dublin’s Pearse House would have been reduced to give residents more space but department has refused to fund project

State missed its target for delivery of social homes in 2024 by almost 20%

Shortfall of more than 2,300 homes on 12,930 goal, though affordable homes beat estimates in some measures

Scheme to upgrade Dublin’s oldest flats at risk over Department of Housing funding decision

Refusal to fund council’s regeneration plan as initiative would reduce the number of units in complexes

Airbnb and other letting platforms could face millions of euro in fines in Ireland under new rules

Regulations creating new register for short-term lets could come into effect in 2026

Home-building starts slip to lowest level since February 2021

Company notices of commencement to build decline to 2016 point

Officials warned of ‘uncertainty’ in housing completions outlook

Internal Department of Housing report set out 10 selected 2024 forecasts, with all but two below 40,000

Planned ban on Airbnb-type lettings in rural communities prompts concern

Tourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notes

Power grid to be strengthened against storm threat

ESB networks to improve surveying, hazard removal and forestry management

Single mother and children face homelessness following new tenant-in-situ scheme restrictions

Young woman’s landlord recently informed her of his intention to sell Artane apartment

More land, housing at scale and other myths about Ireland’s housing crisis

One thing that’s certainly true: you should question everything you think is fact about the shortage of housing

Ireland’s remote islands: Only 29 apply for €84,000 grant aimed at attracting residents

Numbers moving under Our Living Islands scheme to places like Arranmore is less than expected

Ireland’s housing crisis: Why is there such a shortage of homes to buy and rent here?

As ordinary people continue to bear the brunt of the State’s dire housing shortage, we examine the reasons for the crisis and look at possible solutions

The Irish Times view on dereliction levies: why are councils failing to act?

The chasm between rhetorical commitments and the grim and apparently unchanging reality is dispiriting

Apartment scheme set to miss 5,000 target by huge margin

Just seven contracts with developers have been signed so far for the delivery of 870 apartments

No derelict site levy issued in 10 local authority areas

Limerick City and County Council has more derelict sites listed than all four local authorities in Dublin combined

State should treat international investment in housing like FDI, Cannes property event hears

Irish Real Estate Pavilion features at annual MIPIM property event for first time

Pay deal worth 9.25% over two years agreed for voluntary health workers after long-running dispute

Section 39 issues took centre stage in general election campaign due to Simon Harris encounter with disability worker Charlotte Fallon

Doubt cast over accuracy of commencement notices as guide to housing delivery, says Department of Finance

Some 60,000 housing commencement notices were filed in 2024

Retrofitting rental homes in the State would cost €8bn, ESRI finds

Four–fifths have lower energy efficiency ratings and would cost up to €43,000 each to upgrade

Builders engaging senior counsel at outset of projects in anticipation of substantial legal challenges – Ifac

Economist Niall Conroy says ‘big step change’ needed to double number of homes being delivered

House prices could increase due to relaxation of garden-room planning rules, say experts

Department of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission

Planning rules for cabins and modular homes in back gardens set to be relaxed

Extensions up to 40m2 to a home can be built without planning permission whereas habitable structures of this size must have approval if not attached to the home itself

Three steps that could clear the housing roadblocks to boosting the supply of new homes

Residential property output is stagnating, but immediate government action on three key issues could jump-start the market

Owners of defective apartments face further delays to grants after Housing Agency oversight

Legal advice revealed ‘pathfinder’ scheme was not fully compliant with law

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald writes to Ceann Comhairle following Dáil row with Taoiseach

Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims

‘Finder fee’ for new landlords entering State rental scheme proposed

Government report also recommends increasing payments to landlords in rental accommodation scheme

New ‘reference rental’ system proposed as replacement for rent pressure zones

New form of rent control under consideration for entire country

Government not limited to its 303,000 housing target

Department responds to Davy estimate of need for up to 93,000 new homes a year

Peter McVerry scapegoating misses the bigger question about homelessness

How the State got itself into a position where it was so dependent on a voluntary organisation to provide a vital service is the real issue

Dublin councils accused of co-ordinating to deny Travellers transient halting sites

Capital’s four local authorities says there is no agreement among Travellers on where such temporary accommodation should be put

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