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Government set to miss housing targets this year, new report warns

The Dublin Housing Delivery Group’s latest report, recently submitted to housing minister Darragh O’Brien, cites ‘evidence of a slowdown’ on some social housing projects and says ‘work has ceased on some sites’

Affordable housing group warns that rate of delivery is in jeopardy

Clúid Housing says funding model will force it into ‘slowing down the signing of contracts to build/buy’ new homes

Dublin City Council to spend €125m on ‘turnkey’ homes

The authority has issued the tender for social and affordable units to be acquired from private developers before they are put up for sale

Editorial: State must carefully pick and choose which NDP projects to prioritise

Inflationary pressures could scupper a large chunk of the National Development Plan’s €165 billion agenda, putting Ireland’s future prosperity and competitiveness at risk

Housing Agency vacant property fund falling short of target

Number of acquisitions decreased each year due to ‘reducing availability of suitable units from banks and equity funds,’ Department of Housing says

LDA submits plans for almost 1,000 housing units at Central Mental Hospital site

Application covers 9.6 hectares of the 11.3-hectare site on Dublin’s southside

Ireland’s housing market may finally be building momentum to solve the supply versus demand dilemma

Despite rising costs and lack of supply, there is optimism that new initiatives coming from government and the industry itself will help the housing market to turn a corner

Tradeshows being organised to promote Irish residential market to institutional investors

Progress report for the Housing for All plan shows the Department of Finance is on course with plans to organise events for institutional investors ‘to communicate policies and encourage sustainable investment in residential accommodation’

Why a housing supply boost might not solve issue of price

Conventional wisdom has it that if more homes are built, then prices will come down and the housing crisis will abate. But some economists say factors like interest rates and credit availability will have far more influence on prices in the coming years

The €20bn Housing for All plan and how it aims to solve a crisis

The government’s newly unveiled programme has the potential to play a big part in solving our accommodation dilemma, but history shows that there’s many a slip between plan and implementation

James Benson: Construction sector ready to build on government’s housing promises

The Housing for All plan is ambitious and inspiring, but certain planning hurdles need to be addressed before builders can fully embrace it

The many known unknowns about the government’s Housing for All plan

The government released its latest housing crisis resolution plan with great fanfare, but on certain key questions, there were few answers

Darragh O’Brien interview: ‘We’ve negotiated €20bn for housing over a five-year period’

The Housing Minister is full of enthusiasm for the Housing for All plan and, despite criticism of it, insists it will have an immediate effect

Government loses ‘10,000 affordable homes’ amid fears of legal backlash

Late exemption from Housing for All plan excludes land bought from 2015 to 2021 and was brought in following what the housing minister described as ‘very strong’ advice

Land Development Agency budget will be doubled to €2.5bn

The agency has also been given extra powers to acquire state-owned land under a new ten-year ‘Housing for All’ strategy, which will be published later next month