I’m smack bang in middle age without any property, ageing knees and a scant pension portfolio
Modest, former council houses are pushing seven and eight hundred grand
Homeless Crisis
The housing crisis could erode Ireland’s middle class to a point of collapse
It’s a profound insult to our national dignity that so many people no longer feel they have any prospect of owning their own home
One in four single people seeking emergency accommodation are from direct provision, say homeless agencies
Meeting of high-level committee advising Government also hears of increase in number of people over 60 falling into homelessness
Lollipop review: This socially aware film is maddening, urgent viewing
Daisy-May Hudson’s first scripted feature builds on her documentary Half Way’s poignant account of the challenges faced by a single mum and the family’s encounters with bureaucracy
Tough decisions to tackle housing crisis are under way – but will they work?
Housing measures could leave Coalition exposed to political attacks and public backlash
Rough sleeper believed staying on streets would get him on housing list quicker, inquest hears
Coroner returns verdict of death by misadventure due to effects of multiple drug toxicity for Stephen Clarke (41)
Dublin tenants shocked to be evicted due to ‘little-known legal loophole’
For a group of people in Applewood village, Swords, the landlord doesn’t need a reason to remove them
More than 100 families in Dublin at risk of homelessness as tenant-in-situ applications paused
Dublin City Council says no more properties will be purchased through the scheme until 2026
Quarter of Irish people intend to include charities in will, survey finds
Highest level of trust for small, local charities among survey respondents
Homelessness reaches another record high, with more than 15,500 in emergency accommodation
Figures from Department of Housing include 4,775 homeless children
Hundreds of homes for homeless people in Dublin at risk after no bids for tender to manage
Dozens of people who should have been offered housing have not received offers
Child-focused homelessness strategy needed, says Ombudsman
Homelessness prevention measures and access to long-term housing should be prioritised in strategy, Minister told
The homeless university lecturer: ‘There’s a sense of shame around it’
Screenwriter Jenny Roche was ordered to vacate her rented property in Moycullen, Co Galway, having overheld for more than eight months
Number of people in homelessness reaches new record high of 15,418
Emergency accommodation users up by 11.2 per cent over 12 months to end of March, official figures show
Housing Minister James Browne: ‘If we don’t get this right over the next four to seven months, we’re going to be in serious, serious trouble’
The solution to Ireland’s housing crisis is ‘more supply and it is my job to get that supply moving’, says the Minister for Housing as he answers questions about how he intends to do that
Homeless in Dublin, sober in Poland: How 60-year-old Jerzy ‘chose life’
‘I have pity for those men who are still sitting there, dying there,’ says Jerzy Podlesney
‘A grim situation’: Number of homeless people rises further
Some 15,378 people recorded as homeless, including 4,563 children
North’s homelessness services under mounting pressure
Demand for temporary accommodation surges almost 180% in six years, notes public spending watchdog
On-street food kitchens for Dublin’s homeless to be regulated with ‘casual trading’ licences
Proposed on-street food service bylaws also include food-safety standards and Garda-vetting for volunteers
‘People shouldn’t have to live the way we are’: Limerick housing crisis pushing people into homelessness
Limerick city saw the largest annual increase in rents in the country last year, according to Residential Tenancies Board data
One in two homeless people using Depaul services experience mental health difficulties, says report
Residents are struggling with thoughts of depression, anxiety and suicide, according to Mental Health Reform group
Minority Rule by Ash Sarkar: Pick up this book and see the world clearly
With her first book, Sarkar aims to bury the the culture wars and advance a critique that everyone urgently needs to hear
Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelter
Figures come as Minister rows back on Government commitment to end homelessness by 2030
Young homeless woman who left State care six months ago feels ‘scared’ amid council housing change
For social housing applications, Dublin City Council has paused the priority status for people leaving care. At least one young woman has been left in a troubling limbo
We should declare war on dereliction and a tax amnesty is our best weapon
Use the tax system to reward good behaviour and punish bad, and make it cheaper to build on derelict sites
New ‘reference rental’ system proposed as replacement for rent pressure zones
New form of rent control under consideration for entire country
When your chance of owning a home depends on whether your parents do, the system is rigged
A third of first-time buyers receive help from their home-owning parents, so it feels like the system perpetuates privilege
In pictures: The volunteers serving almost 500 hot meals to those in need outside the GPO every week
Muslim Sisters of Éire’s soup kitchen is one of the longest-established in the capital
Irish star conductor David Brophy on his big new job in Germany: ‘You only become competent when you’re 60′
The Dubliner is thrilling critics at his new musical home in Cologne but he still finds time to worry about Ireland’s cultural capital
Peter McVerry scapegoating misses the bigger question about homelessness
How the State got itself into a position where it was so dependent on a voluntary organisation to provide a vital service is the real issue
Homelessness numbers drop slightly in December after record November
Charities say temporary decline often seen over Christmas as people find places to stay
Woman’s complaint about bullying in Focus Ireland for being a single mother dismissed by WRC
Aoife Cooney’s claim dismissed on grounds ‘robust challenging of an employee about their work is not discrimination, even if that employee is a single parent’
High noon for developer Paddy Kelly, who faces run-in with the sheriff over unpaid rent arrears
Plus: Imma cafe operator departs over contract changes; former Ponzi schemer takes up golf; and Patagonia wants to shut the world out
A fifth of homelessness budget should be spent on prevention measures, Threshold says
Charity says landlords are taking advantage of the rent pressure zones system
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