Housing crisis

Plus: Residents campaign against Fingal’s proposed Dunsink City Quarter and the €10,000-winner at the Dublin Horse Show

From the 1970s to the end of the 1990s Dunsink was the location of Dublin’s largest rubbish dump

One of Dublin’s largest landbanks is set for a new town bigger than Bray. Its neighbours are concerned

Housing incentives like Help-to-Buy, once introduced, are very hard to remove and all too often, the law of unintended consequences comes into play

The property management company repeatedly refused to sign my forms, saying that I had ‘cancelled the HAP payment and moved out of the house’

‘Extremely worrying’ that council cancelled housing assistance payment on woman, says Workplace Relations Commission

Construction of 18,500 homes only feasible if Shannon-to-Dublin water-supply project and greater Dublin sewage project are built

I hope that the €14,000 limit will be raised in the budget

As rents continue to climb, housing has emerged as the defining battleground of Berlin’s September state election

Micheál Martin is a ‘deliverist’ at heart; Harris, by contrast, does things, tells people about them, shows he is doing them – on repeat

The more prices get out of line, the higher the risk if there is an economic shock from AI, the tech sector, the Middle East situation or something else

There has been 10 per cent increase in overall homeless figures over past 12 months

Piecemeal policies have unsettled landlords and failed tenants

Central Statistics Office records a 16.4% drop in number of new dwelling completions in Dublin area

State’s builder of affordable homes expects to spend nearly €200m on buying land this year

The national children’s hospital project has seriously damaged trust

While the building goes on, established places that used to have a centre are becoming hollowed out

Ireland is engaged in a housing experiment and the results are mixed at best

Report also highlights increased incidence of landlords exiting market in response to rental reforms

Plus: Aughinish Alumina, and two good incomes but can’t afford a home

The required building standards are far from anything that might be described as a shed

Reduction in VAT on apartments to cost nearly €400m

`I have young children. Honestly, they’re going to leave unless we have houses and jobs for them’

Many of these units do not comply with building regulations or fire safety requirements

James Browne also indicated a VAT cut on apartment buildings won’t be extended to new-build homes in budget

The company led by Ciaran Fitzpatrick has significantly expanded its land bank in recent years

Dublin has been ranked as the 137th least affordable of 150 cities in a new report

Apartments on Fitzwilliam Quay seen as template for new council-owned company regeneration of vacant buildings

Bill proposes changes to tenure-mix rules for developments built on State land in areas with large populations

State must tap international investors for housing cash, lobby group also says

A profile of 10 Irish home builders who are scaling up to deliver thousands of new homes in the coming years

Firms are cutting large land deals and securing finance that could propel them up the country’s home-building ranks

Emotional abuse was most common concern, accounting for 45% of all reports made to agency

Prices outside Dublin continue to accelerate amid a shortage of second-hand properties for sale

Decision was made on properties after two-year inquiry found issues of governance and transparency

System for providing home for low and middle income workers facing growing financial viability risks in Dublin

The lesson from Austria is that tenants here pay too much for cost rentals. But as the past examples of Marino and Cabra showed, there is a better solution

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan downplayed concerns of a Cabinet colleague and said refugees were moving to Dublin because of a ‘desire to live in this region’

Construction under pressure as costs rise, report will show

Reliant on social media and dating apps to kindle relationships, love lives become a series of online logistics and mind games