Top finance official raises risks to public finances from surge in housing body deals
Approved Housing Bodies had €7bn of borrowings at the end of last year on €8.3bn of housing stock
Housing Finance Agency
Housing Finance Agency approvals increase by 200% in first six months of 2024
Agency provides loans to approved housing bodies and local authorities to build social and affordable homes
State must be ‘welcoming’ to foreign investors to meet €20bn housing cost, Minister says
Government is targeting 50,000 homes a year, says Michael McGrath
Ireland’s housing budget: How the State is now spending more than €8bn to address the crisis
State spending on a range of housing initiatives has risen significantly in recent years as the pressure is on to increase housing supply
Government prepares €500m ‘backstop’ loan for Land Development Agency
Critical housing body needs temporary loan because original €1.25bn budget is nearly fully committed
Housing crisis remains daunting despite hopeful data
Despite the influx of supply over the past year, affordability is still the defining issue in the market
Minister bullish on 2023 social housing targets despite scepticism
Lending by Housing Finance Agency up 4.5% in first half of year
‘I never imagined such places existed’: What’s it like living in a converted office block?
Springville House in Cork, the former headquarters of Pettit Consulting Engineers, has been transformed into a ‘cosy and comfortable’ living space
Brianna Parkins: Building your own home can save money but is not for the faint-hearted
Compliance and cost issues can easily emerge if you are not familiar with construction, architect warns
Private sector delivering more than seven in 10 new social homes, department figures show
Some 72 per cent of social homes delivered in the first nine months of last year came via turnkey or Part V purchases
Social housing projects at risk as State agency hikes lending rates
Housing bodies say higher borrowing costs will stop some new projects being built
Micheál Martin has not had the best run of luck as taoiseach
Inside Politics: When it looked like sunshine was breaking through, another crisis hit
Ecologist Yvonne Buckley named Irish Research Council researcher of the year
Prof Buckley’s work focuses on growth, reproduction and survival of plants and animals
Changes being made to rental market ‘will endure’, says Minister
No fear that new regulations will be undermined by big investors, insists O’Brien
What is in and what is out in Budget 2022?
Tuesday’s budget will be very different from the one announced in the teeth of the Covid-19 pandemic emergency last October
The Irish Times view on student accommodation crisis
High rents and supply shortage create new barrier for entry to higher education
Students want accommodation shortages declared an ‘emergency’
DCU criticises Government plans as student housing construction deemed ‘uneconomic’
Government aims to deliver 300,000 new homes by end of 2030 under plan to be unveiled
Housing for All plan to also include pledge to end homelessness by end of decade
Cost-rental scheme to be open to households earning up to €82,000
Single people as well as dual-income households to be eligible to apply under scheme
Ireland needs to fully embrace community-led housing
Irish meitheal tradition has potential to help solve the crisis – with State support
Allowing under 18s indoors ‘not make or break’ for Covid, says Martin
Taoiseach says the Government is not in dispute with Nphet
More than 2,000 unsold affordable housing units still on council books
Units delivered prior to economic crash have cost State €86m in debt-servicing costs
State’s first cost rental homes unveiled in north Dublin
New tenure model will see homes rented at 25 per cent below market rate
Could Ireland use European Union funding to build houses?
Naomi O’Leary in Brussels examines the possible sources of financing
Credit unions ready to begin lending for social housing schemes
After years of lobbying and discussion, funds are expected to launch in 2021
390 cost rental homes approved for development, says Housing Minister
Housing bodies Clúid, Respond and Tuath given approval to deliver the homes
State’s first cost-rental scheme to provide 350 new homes by end of 2021
Homes will be available for rent for a minimum of 25 per cent below market value
Turn-key homes ‘central’ to solving housing crisis
Chief of Co-operative Housing Ireland speaking as Carrigaline development opens
Decision on vacant Dublin site sends strong message about housing policy
DCC official says too much emphasis being put on local authority acting as developer
State mortgage scheme criticised for pausing offers amid Covid-19
Borrowers on wage subsidy told they must wait to draw down approved loans
City council approves €34m borrowings to fund central depot
After €20m project overrun, cost estimate now stands at €74m for Ballymun facility
Dublin city councillors asked to approve €34m loan plan
Loan needed after cost of new facility jumps to €74 million
Housing target may not be reached because of Covid-19 pandemic
Eoghan Murphy: ‘Plenty of funding available from Europe and other sources’ for housing
Coronavirus: Three month payment break on local authority mortgages
Borrowers will not be charged interest for the period of the break
Charity boss and relative lived in flat for senior citizens, council claims
Dublin City Council seeks control of Berkeley Street complex run by Cabhru
Housing charity inquiry follows claims against ex-chief
Chas chief executive Miceal McGovern resigned amid questions around governance
New funding finally confirmed for State mortgage scheme
Local authorities to secure millions of extra funding after budget blow out
Tetrarch sells 84 apartments to social housing body
Real estate investor spent €10m upgrading facility in Dublin’s Citywest
Home loans approved under Rebuilding Ireland ‘will be honoured’
Eoghan Murphy says local authorities should have no hesitation in drawing down funds
Should the State stop building social housing?
Approved housing bodies offer an efficient alternative to council housing
Land Development Agency should stop spending and focus on State sites
Buying private land crippled local authorities in the last crash
Lack of statutory oversight of voluntary housing bodies criticised
C&AG notes just 246 of 547 housing bodies have signed up for regulatory system
Breda O’Brien: There are local solutions to the housing crisis
So-called vulture funds are seen as the obvious solution due to a flawed vision of the market solving all ills – but there are alternatives
Affordable mortgages more restrictive than they first appear
Borrowers wanting to circumvent Central Bank rules may need to look elsewhere
Housing association change could add to Government debt
CSO recommends housing agencies be classified as public rather than private bodies
Second housing summit to take place in January
Eoghan Murphy says conference will look at bringing vacant housing back into use
Solidarity party advances radical plan to build 1,000 homes
Housing crisis: Mortgage repayments to the council would be between €478 and €797
No rise in rates, property tax or parking costs in Cork city next year
Budget increases by 4.75% to €160m with focus on housing, roads and inclusion
Semi-State body proposed to drive house building
Organisation would be similar to Irish Water and take powers from local authorities
ECB bond-buying activities referred to Europe’s highest court
European Court of Justice to rule on whether asset purchase programme broke bank’s ban
Minister for Housing aims to inject ‘new energy’ to role
Eoghan Murphy pledges to increase housing stock and tackle planning bottleneck
New mortgage arrears scheme ‘could keep people in homes’
Advocate David Hall believed to be leading group who will acquire non-performing loans
Maynooth and Cobh added to 4% rent cap list
Stillorgan, Dundrum, Killiney and Howth no longer meet criteria but remain in zones
European Investment Bank to lend €200m for social housing
Housing Finance Agency to bring funding to approved housing bodies to €405m
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