Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

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

New form of rent control under consideration for entire country

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

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

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

Charities say temporary decline often seen over Christmas as people find places to stay

Housing charity seeks ministerial consent for transfer of properties to relevant local authority

Just under half of 31 local authorities will raise rates this year. Increases range from 1.8% to 15%

Uisce Éireann using estimate range of €4.5bn-€6bn for 170km pipeline preliminary business case

Some 4,658 children are in emergency accommodation as Darragh O’Brien says addressing crisis is ‘an absolute priority’

Case not yet been made to add planning officials to Critical Skills Occupation List, says Department of Enterprise

Minister for Higher Education hears of burden of high cost of rental homes for students in letters of complaint at the start of the academic year

Just 195 Land Development Agency apartments are available at Shanganagh Castle near Shankill

Approved Housing Bodies had €7bn of borrowings at the end of last year on €8.3bn of housing stock

Housing is a central issue in this election, from building targets and government supports for prospective house buyers to rising rents and building defects

Council chief Richard Shakespeare says ‘not realistic’ to keep borrowing to cover costs

Dublin City Council bought 55 Amiens Street in 2018 with plans to transform it into a museum and community centre

Letter to ministers Darragh O’Brien and Roderic O’Gorman warned movements are having ‘devastating impact’ on children’s rights

Party says it will ensure about 50,000 homes are built each year under €40bn plan

Former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy’s account of his failures (and failings) is candid, unforgiving, unfiltered and utterly brutal

Darragh O’Brien says it is a ‘great frustration’ that many companies to blame have folded and set back up again

Child homelessness rises 17% in last year, Department of Housing data shows

Fianna Fáil TD says keeping Help to Buy and the First Home schemes would be red line issues for party in any coalition talks

Department of Housing’s assessment on the of building homes confirms what industry practitioners have been saying for years

A Bill to safeguard 30 per cent of Irish seas faces has broad support among the public and politicians. Yet it has faced repeated, infuriating setbacks

Department of Housing cost study assessed cost of delivering four different building types in the Greater Dublin Area

Minister told Cabinet of plans to allocate net €6.3bn to fund capital works, public pay costs and cost of living measures

Housing assistance payment and Rental Accommodation Scheme fail to provide the State with long-term assets, report states

Ministers Malcolm Noonan and Eamon Ryan say they want Bill passed before election as was agreed in programme for government

Most recent Department of Housing figures show such units are cheapest in Roscommon at €235,800 and most expensive in Dublin city at €449,500

Uisce Éireann says €118m investment will boost supply for housing, hospitals and Dublin Airport

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Comptroller and Auditor General review suggests thousands who claimed pandemic payment were actually employed

Cash buyers - often overseas investment funds - are snapping up thousands of apartments in Ireland for which others can’t get mortgages because of fire safety issues

Proposal costed at €40m would mean more applicants able to claim highest payment of €30,000

Over 4,000 children in some 2,000 families were homeless last month

As key services in education, health, housing and transport struggle with increasing demand, plans are being devised to deal with pressures from rising immigration and people living longer

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien says rise in membership will allow for reduction of cases on hand within board

Severe shortage of rental accommodation on Inishowen peninsula affecting families who want to have their defective homes rebuilt

To date a Government scheme targeting vacant commercial premises, including former pubs, has led to potential for 2,700 dwellings