Housing Darragh O’Brien: Homelessness remains main challenge for coalition, tax row “overplayed”It comes as a record breaking 12,000 people access emergency accommodation last month
Housing Sinn Féin hits out at ‘terrible deal’ between government and Johnny Ronan consortium for Poolbeg homesLocal hopes ‘dashed’ by lack of affordable homes at former Irish Glass Bottle site in Dublin 4, the party’s housing spokesman says
Politics Harris says Fine Gael ‘will not apologise’ for wanting to help squeezed middle, insists coalition is working ‘cohesively’ amid tax rowIt comes as a Fianna Fáil TD has accused Leo Varadkar of ‘pure electioneering’
Mica ‘It beggars belief a wee bit’: denied bank loans, mica families left in the lurchWith bills mounting up and little access to credit from banks, homeowners say they are unable to fund the cost of rebuilding their destroyed houses
Housing John Walsh: The government won’t do it, but approved housing bodies should be scrapped These state bodies are so unreliable that developers can’t get funding on the back of a contract with one, and in any case low to middle-income earners can’t get a mortgage
Housing Government closes in on deal with Johnny Ronan consortium for affordable homes at PoolbegThe developer has been locked in negotiations with the Department of Housing and Dublin City Council to allow the first phase of the development to commence
Music Musicians warn accommodation shortages impacting demand for concertsEscalating costs and limited accommodation options are creating barriers for music enthusiasts, according to MEAI
Refugees Flotels are not a ‘silver bullet’ for migrant accommodation - McGrathFinance Minister says government’s preference is to use vacant or unused building stock
Housing Clampdown on land speculation risks ‘confusion’ at councils, TDs to hear Local authorities have warned the government that additional staff are needed to implement its Land Value Sharing measures
Construction Junior housing minister to meet with state building watchdog following Business Post report It comes as Sinn Féin called the Minister for Housing, to respond to ‘chronic understaffing’ in NBCO
Politics Darragh O’Brien says government ‘committed’ to Budget measures for landlordsMinisters for Finance and Public Expenditure have “clearly signalled” a desire to attract and retain landlords in the rental system which he added has been under strain for years
Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Far right has been successful in cultivating fears over refugee housing - Garda commissionerGardaí will not ‘fall into the trap’ of over-responding to far right threat, Drew Harris says
Companies Gerry Coffey resigns as Ipav president It comes following the organisation’s board “unanimously upholding a complaint against him, made by the CEO", Ipav says
Front Page In this week’s Business Post: ‘National emergency’ safety warnings from building tsarMatt Cooper and Lucinda Creighton on what now for USC, and coalition leaders confirm move to axe army ‘triple lock’
Refugees O’Gorman says communication could have been better with Inch community as locals indicate lifting of blockadeThe Minister for Integration says that of the 520 people without offers of State accommodation, beds have been offered to 220 this week
BP Exclusive ‘National emergency’: emails reveal building watchdog’s pleas for supportRegulator staff are forced to work outside normal hours, cancel annual leave and rely on interns to plug gaps despite appeals for extra resources
Construction Over 100,000 new building workers needed to deliver 2030 targetsGovernment report says 51,000 new construction workers would be needed to deliver residential housing and retrofitting targets alone
Migrant Crisis A ‘most serious’ crisis: week of chaos after attacksThe party leaders have vowed to ‘stay the course’ in providing for refugees, but Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil backbenchers have started to pick up on growing opposition in some communities
Housing Building watchdog claims country faces ‘national emergency’ over regulationThe National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office pleads for additional resources as it warns of severe staff shortages, despite political pressure following mica crisis and Grenfell Tower disaster
Energy Joe Lynam: Some cold, hard truths about to be visited on our draughty homesThe EU is finally getting its act together to curb emissions from our overpriced energy-leaking homes, and it’s going to cost
