No independent valuation for €2k social housing rents
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council signed 25-year lease on 87 Dundrum apartments for use as social housing without seeking opinion other than developer’s on rent levels
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
Eoin Ó Broin: When it comes to social homes, those costly old habits die hard
Turnkey developments, built by private developers and bought by the state, are the single most expensive way to provide social housing. So why are most of our social homes built in this way?
Developers reap healthy profits while claiming housebuilding is not lucrative
Astra Construction posted a thirteenfold increase in after-tax profits between 2018 and 2019, while Park Developments saw a €14.8m profit over 18 months
Why our councils remain stuck in the social housing cul-de-sac
The lengthy approval process that council social housing projects must go through is a long-standing bugbear of TDs and councillors. But is long-term leasing of social homes a worse option?
House prices up by average of €20,000 year on year, Daft finds
Website records its lowest ever figure for properties listed for sale, with supply collapsing by 40 per cent compared to this time in 2020
Hobbs hits back at Murphy’s criticism over social housing
The well-known financial adviser has responded to Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy who criticised his company for selling social housing ‘as a financial product’
Ballymore ‘engages’ with luxury home residents over range of complaints
Rising service charges and plumbing problems were some of the complaints made by residents of high-end London apartments built by Irish development firm
Analysis: Murphy flags issue of social housing ‘being sold as a financial product’
Social Democrats co-leader uses Eddie Hobbs website to raise concerns about potential growth in the state’s use of long-term leasing instead of building homes
Louth County Council could pay €362k for two-bed social housing units
Developer plans to charge council nearly €9 million for 28 apartments designated for social housing
Dunsink site could be used for thousands of homes
The land near Finglas in Dublin 15, currently inhabited by about 200 Travellers, is being looked at by Fingal County Council as a potential site or houses
New cost-rental homes will leave tenants spending 40% of wages on rent
The homes in Dublin and Cork are being delivered by the Land Development Agency, but critics are describing them as unaffordable to most renters
Eastwise to charge Dublin City Council €531k for two-bed apartments
The company plans to sell 47 social housing units to the local authority for €21 million at a proposed new development on city’s northside
More than 80,000 households are in state-supported private rented accommodation
Hap scheme payments to landlords totalled €436 million last year and are predicted to exceed €1 billion by the end of 2021
Housing Agency head believes affordable housing scheme is more sustainable in long run
€75m scheme to allow 2,000 people a year buy new homes criticised by opposition and ESRI as potentially driving up house prices
Spike in interest from Irish buyers seeking move to Valencia
Irish buyers are looking for ‘European city lifestyle’ and have budgets ranging from €220,000 to €350,000
Opposition to state’s €75m shared equity scheme grows
Estate agents and TDs point to the failure of a similar plan in Britain which forced prices up rather than benefiting buyers
Legal fees paid by An Bord Pleanála double to €4.1 million
Legal costs escalated after a jump in legal challenges to planning decisions approved by the national planning authority
Comment: Innovative approach needed to tackle housing crisis
Policymakers must remove barriers for first-time buyers, increase housing supply and invest in the rental market
More than 4,000 hotel beds to be completed in Dublin this year
New beds will increase existing stock in the capital of 24,000 by 17 per cent, according to Mitchell McDermott construction sector report