Comment: We should double Services Sites Fund to drive down cost of affordable housing in Dublin
The new shared equity scheme is meant to benefit first-time buyers but still places home ownership out of reach for many in our capital while rents also remain high
Ballymore gets green light for office blocks and hotel near Connolly station
Dublin City Council grants planning for three commercial buildings which will form part of the larger Connolly Quarter scheme
O’Brien was given four options to restrict co-living months before ban
The Minister for Housing eventually issued the de facto ban on co-living schemes on November 23
Ronan Group wants meeting with O’Brien over dockland projects
The developer wants the Minister for Housing to get involved in his company’s long-running dispute with Dublin City Council
Eoin Ó Broin: Shared equity loan scheme was just an early Christmas present to big property developers
Tax payers money will be used to help push home-ownership beyond the reach of many working people
Planning regulator declines Ronan request to investigate practices at Dublin City Council
Developer’s company asked the Office of the Planning Regulator to probe local authority over its interpretation of building height guidelines
No home comforts: how much does it cost the state to build a house?
The Department of Housing says it cost the state €181,000 to construct a home in 2019. Dublin City Council says it costs well over double that amount. Who is right?
Ireland’s housing costs soar to highest in Europe
Much of the reason for the high costs can be attributed to the scarcity of new builds
Bartra gets go-ahead for fourth co-living complex in Dublin
The 184-bed building near Castleknock is granted planning permission ahead of a proposed ban on such developments
Five key takeaways from the task force on Dublin housing supply
Construction levels, driven by new apartments, continued to rise despite pandemic-related restrictions
Top civil servant warned government against new interventions in housing market
Watt supported affordable housing, but cautioned state was already ‘meeting part of the costs of housing for too many households’, FoI documents show
Five key takeaways from co-living report
Minister for Housing wants to ban co-living, but will not be able to prevent complexes that have been given the green light already and those in the planning process will continue to be assessed
State pays €2,300 a month for social housing units
Rent paid to developers in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is significantly above current average for the area
Fast-track housing scheme delivers fewer than 700 dwellings
A total of 43,000 homes have been given go-ahead through the Strategic Housing Development system, but developers say a lot of the planning permissions were only recently approved
‘Use it or lose’ it planning measure to be published in coming months
Bill will be aimed at preventing developers from sitting on granted planning permission
Planning regulator urges developers to focus on building fast-track homes
The head of the Office of the Planning Regulator questions whether some developers with permission to build new homes are more interested in increasing value of land
Donnybrook hotel may be scrapped for apartments
Kouchin Holdings wants to abandon its six-storey hotel plan in favour of an eight-storey, built-to-rent apartment block
Fiscal council expert says that a house price crash is unlikely
A Fiscal Advisory Council member has told the CIF annual conference that the supply squeeze will offset any downward pressure caused by the pandemic
‘Pandemic does not mean the end for co-living developments’
Dublin City Council has raised ‘serious concerns’ about the shared-living model, but a leading architect says there will still be a place for such projects
Council has ‘serious concerns’ about Ballsbridge co-living plan
Planners question how tenants would have enough space in bedrooms and shared kitchens during the pandemic