Housing Landlords seeking ‘sex for rent’ to face €20,000 fines under new Sinn Féin billIssue was highlighted in a recent RTÉ Prime Time investigation
Comment Eoin Ó Broin: Government must pick up the pieces of smashed Irish Glass Bottle schemeNama’s sale of its 20 per cent stake in the Poolbeg SDZ has put paid to the affordable homes required in the scheme, so the state must buy the homes and suck up the difference
RTÉ Payments Scandal Minister denounces reports of up to 400 redundancies at RTÉ Ossian Smyth says the Media Minister is working to protect employees as crisis continues to rock the national broadcaster
Housing Surveyors secure €750,000 in funding to assess derelict farmhouses Feasibility grants for vacant housing will cover fees for expert advice on costs involved in restoration
Politics Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin thanks 'real patriots’ on Beaumont staff after stroke ward stayA party spokesperson said Ó Broin attended Beaumont Hospital’s A&E and the stroke unit for precautionary tests
Housing State to deliver ‘age friendly’ housing for retired renters - McGrathNew report warns one in four older renters expect to stay in rental market
Housing 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
Politics Ó’Broin: No intention to ‘drag gardaí’ into political controversy over eviction tweetImage posted by Sinn Féin housing spokesperson of reworked Famine eviction drew critcism from Fine Gael over the weekend
Housing Family disputes are a leading cause of Dublin homelessnessNew data suggests 40 per cent of homelessness cases over the winter have been caused by relations breaking down between parents and an adult child
Housing 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
Housing Donohoe: ‘huge uncertainties around data’ for rental tax creditMinister for Finance warns that new €500 tax credit was costed based on an estimated number of eligible renters and not specific data
Housing 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
Planning 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
Housing 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
Housing Government to hold polls on housing and water on same dayReferendums on putting a right to housing in the constitution and on public ownership of water services may take place next year
politics Calls for wider review into An Bord Pleanála following allegationsA number of allegations have been published about the board in recent weeks relating to its deputy chairman Paul Hyde
Tax Vacant property tax in doubt as Revenue reports fewer empty homes than expectedAnalysis 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 housingCouncils 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 homesThe first ever legally required register of building contractors aims to weed out rogue operators and prevent faulty builds
