Landlords who rent out slum-like houses and flats described as ‘sharks and vultures’

Housing charity claims landlords are finding ways to ‘weed out’ poorer families

Setting financial bar so high is effectively screening potential tenants – spokeswoman

Suggestions include a site planning tax and ways to tackle the number of vacant houses

Call for scheme’s extension to Galway, Limerick and around Dublin and Cork cities

Oireachtas committee told Dublin beset by ‘fundamental shortage’ of ready-to-go sites

Groups welcome €1.2bn funding but divided over effectiveness of help-to-buy scheme

Threshold says matching supplement to rent increases is cost-effective way of preventing homelessness

Economist Colm McCarthy says incentives will ‘add to the pressure of excess demand’

Proposed PRTB buy-to-let code of conduct faces opposition from financial institutions

Council publishes fresh tender for over 150 units in areas including Drimnagh, Finglas

Opinion: There is widespread agreement now that Ireland is facing a housing crisis