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Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin thanks 'real patriots’ on Beaumont staff after stroke ward stay

A party spokesperson said Ó Broin attended Beaumont Hospital’s A&E and the stroke unit for precautionary tests

State to deliver ‘age friendly’ housing for retired renters - McGrath

New report warns one in four older renters expect to stay in rental market

Councils sat on €151m affordable housing budget

Almost 90 per cent of available funds for past two years have been left unspent, figures released by Sinn Féin show

Ó’Broin: No intention to ‘drag gardaí’ into political controversy over eviction tweet

Image posted by Sinn Féin housing spokesperson of reworked Famine eviction drew critcism from Fine Gael over the weekend

Family disputes are a leading cause of Dublin homelessness

New data suggests 40 per cent of homelessness cases over the winter have been caused by relations breaking down between parents and an adult child

Does Generation Rent finally have the politicians on its side?

As Fine Gael agrees to implement opposition policies such as an eviction ban and renter’s tax credit to avoid a winter homeless disaster, the political balance may be gradually shifting away from landlords to renters

Donohoe: ‘huge uncertainties around data’ for rental tax credit

Minister for Finance warns that new €500 tax credit was costed based on an estimated number of eligible renters and not specific data

Plan to axe leased social housing is under ‘review’

Move comes despite Taoiseach’s promise to end controversial practice, and follows fresh €450 million state investment to lease 1,000 new homes

Irish Planning Institute calls on Housing Minister to urgently resource An Bord Pleanála

Letter follows months of controversy at body amid number of ongoing probes

Eoin Ó Broin: Sinn Féin in government would not seek ‘German-style’ control of the rental sector

The party does not want to see the majority of people live in the private rental sector. It would give tenants security by making it harder for landlords to carry out evictions and it would end tax breaks for build-to-rent investors

Government to hold polls on housing and water on same day

Referendums on putting a right to housing in the constitution and on public ownership of water services may take place next year

Calls for wider review into An Bord Pleanála following allegations

A number of allegations have been published about the board in recent weeks relating to its deputy chairman Paul Hyde

Vacant property tax in doubt as Revenue reports fewer empty homes than expected

Analysis by Revenue revealed that levels of vacancy ‘are low across all counties’, leading the Minister for Finance to assess merits and likely impact of introducing such a tax

After a 15-year wait, is electoral reform finally on the cards?

The new Electoral Reform Bill constitutes the largest overhaul of Ireland’s electoral system in decades. But will it achieve its goal of strengthening Irish democracy?

Standard design brought in to speed up delivery of social housing

Councils given template layouts to expedite process, though critics say other approval hurdles also need to be removed

Builders’ register inspectors will have power to enter sites and search homes

The first ever legally required register of building contractors aims to weed out rogue operators and prevent faulty builds

Developers lodged high numbers of SHD applications just before fast-track planning scheme expired

Between October and December 2021, a total of 65 pre-applications were made to An Bord Pleanála, compared to 33 in the same three-month period of 2020

How Ireland Inc is changing tack as Sinn Féin’s path to power opens up

Lobbyists for commercial interests which might have avoided contact with the party in the past are now pursuing it, anticipating it playing a lead role in the next government

Defects: Ó Broin shines a light on the fallout of Celtic Tiger Ireland’s housing follies

The Sinn Féin spokesman on housing focuses on the misery caused to ordinary home owners by light-touch regulation and rogue developers during the free-wheeling boomtime years

Eoin Ó Broin challenges exemption that could lose government ‘10,000 affordable homes’

Sinn Féin publishes bill that would roll back exemption for developers that removed the necessity for them to deliver affordable homes on private land