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Eoin Ó Broin

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
  • Michael Brennan
  • October 22, 2022
Housing

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
  • Killian Woods
  • October 8, 2022
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
  • Killian Woods
  • September 28, 2022
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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • September 15, 2022
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
  • Eoin Ó Broin
  • September 10, 2022
Housing

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
  • Michael Brennan
  • July 23, 2022
politics

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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • May 20, 2022
Tax

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
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 15, 2022

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?
  • Michael Brennan
  • April 10, 2022

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
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 31, 2022

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
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 23, 2022

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
  • Killian Woods
  • January 16, 2022

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
  • Michael Brennan
  • November 21, 2021

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
  • Andrew Lynch
  • September 11, 2021

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
  • Killian Woods
  • September 6, 2021

John Walsh: Beware of SF’s siren song of seductive promises, and look at its record instead

If Sinn Féin gets into power and attempts to implement many of its stated policies, it will only be a matter of time before the country faces another day of reckoning
  • John Walsh
  • June 27, 2021

Department of Housing officials warned shared equity scheme would hike up house prices

The comments, contained in internal documents, are likely to increase the pressure on Darragh O'Brien, the Housing Minister
  • Killian Woods
  • June 27, 2021

Analysis: Ó Broin challenges Ryan over state funding of homes bought by cuckoo funds

The Green Party leader did not take the Sinn Féin housing spokesman’s bait but there will be further questions if housing crisis measures do not work
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 25, 2021

Matt Cooper: Falling house of cards could take this government with it

The housing crisis hasn’t gone away, you know. It was only a matter of time until the fund-warped development model came back to bite those currently in power
  • Matt Cooper
  • May 9, 2021

Over 75% of new social homes are bought or leased from builders

Building of public housing by local authorities has dwindled to nearly non-existent levels in our biggest cities, official figures show
  • Killian Woods
  • April 4, 2021

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