Housing

Housing crisis puts ‘social cohesion’ at risk, says report

A draft of the government’s annual national risk assessment names the shortage of homes to buy or rent as a national threat that would get worse in the event of a recession

Raise the roof protests: the housing crisis is one of the factors in the government’s draft national risk assessment for 2023. Picture: Sam Boal

The potential for the housing crisis to fuel social unrest has been flagged as a key national risk for the coming year. It comes as Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, is due to face a motion of no confidence in the Dáil this week due to the continuing shortage of homes to buy or rent.

The government’s draft national risk assessment for 2023 has warned that “social cohesion” in the country could be under ...