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Two-thirds of First Home Scheme applicants also availing of help-to-buy arrangement
Finding prompts criticism that first-time buyers now need two State subsidies to buy a home
Government signals plan to replace apartment planning standards amid legal challenge
Minister for Housing to take ‘precautionary approach’ by assessing impact of new rule on apartment sizes, court hears
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Government shifts focus in effort to reduce number of children in emergency accommodation
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New housing plan was written for ‘big developers’, Opposition says
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New housing plan has promised the building of tens of thousands of homes
New housing plan criticised by Opposition leaders: ‘It does not tackle key problems’
Plan announcement comes against backdrop of a fall in new housing commencements
Long-awaited housing plan to be unveiled against backdrop of fall in new commencements
Plans for additional €400m support from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for developers
Aspiring homeowners advised to ‘hang in there’ by Minister ahead of new housing plan
James Browne says the plan will aim to deliver a ‘real shift in how we get housing moving in this country’
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The delayed plan aims to deliver 90,000 ‘starter homes’ over the next five years. But how?
New housing plan aims to deliver 12,000 social homes and 15,000 affordable units per year
Coalition’s long-awaited plan set to include expansion of Land Development Agency’s role
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail: planning Ireland’s future outside the electoral cycle
A disconnect seems to exist between what the Department of Finance warned against this week in an ‘alarming’ report and what the Government is doing
Post-election political lull won’t last long as housing comes back into focus
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Homebuilders ‘extremely concerned’ about supply of housing going forward
There are ‘significant delays’ in many of the housing supply determinants, especially in supply of zoned, Oireachtas committee hears
Minister still trying to ‘end housing crisis’ despite official prediction it will last 15 years
James Browne targeting end to housing crisis during his own term and believes ‘that can be done’
Jack Chambers rejects Sinn Féin claim he should have declared Fianna Fáil hired Ivan Yates
Minister says matter for broadcaster to declare conflict of interest, not for him as party’s director of elections
Timelines for big infrastructure projects could be cut by a year under new plans
Separately, private sector could be allowed to deliver wastewater infrastructure to speed up rural housing developments
Ivan Yates controversy shows why media must take conflicts of interest seriously
Ireland’s media and political elites remain too entangled, which can erode trust
Government seeks new housing tsar to tackle accommodation crisis on a salary of €217,000
Housing Activation Office to focus on sites with potential for large-scale housing development
RTÉ records €5.5m surplus in 2024 after €9.1m deficit in previous year
Minister for Housing to update Cabinet on social and affordable housing figures for second quarter of 2025
Several councils not using powers to buy vacant housing
Ministers to be briefed at Cabinet on plans to overhaul rules and guidance on State spending
Land for more than 12,000 homes a year to be zoned in Dublin city
Builders completed just 3,355 houses and apartments in city last year out of 6,690 target
New apartment planning standards to be challenged in High Court
Early date for action aimed at quashing Minister’s new guidelines for developments
More than 4,100 people avail of First Home Scheme to buy a home
Scheme is aimed at bridging the mortgage and deposit finance gap for first-time buyers
FF politicians to demand answers from Micheál Martin on Jim Gavin’s campaign implosion
Anger and disappointment set to be vented at party meeting where Taoiseach will face questions
Standardised designs could cut housing costs by 12.5%
Department of Housing report highlights potential savings from using prefabricated designs and off-site construction
If James Browne wants to get ‘radical’ about housing, here are five things he must do
Introduce a residency requirement, change the legal definition of ‘rent’ and start counting bed spaces
Political paralysis gumming up social housing pipeline
Relationships between AHBs and developers ‘shot to ribbons’ by State funding decisions, conference hears
Ireland unprepared for another Storm Éowyn as season of extreme weather looms
Climate Change Advisory Council urges immediate actions to prepare for extreme weather events as storm season looms
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