The Irish Times

Social housing projects at risk as State agency hikes lending rates

Housing bodies say higher borrowing costs will stop some new projects being built

Sat May 07 2022 - 00:05

First cost-rental schemes for south Dublin available soon

One-beds to rent for about €1,000 a month with two-beds at €1,200

Mon Feb 07 2022 - 03:06

‘I was at a crossroads: I could kill people or be killed myself – or I could flee to Ireland’

New to the Parish: Abd nour Karouz arrived from Syria, via Lebanon, in 2018

Wed Aug 04 2021 - 06:00

Former convent site to be home to Wicklow locals and Syrian refugees

‘Dream come true’ for new residents of 56-unit housing development in Baltinglass

Wed Jul 07 2021 - 05:00

Population shifts could have profound affect on US political map

America Letter: Census results shape how electoral college votes are allocated in presidential elections

Fri Apr 30 2021 - 20:00

Covid-19: We have never seen a pandemic of this scale that was shorter than 2-3 years

Outbreaks will continue, and parts of the world will wait for vaccines until at least 2025

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 06:15

390 cost rental homes approved for development, says Housing Minister

Housing bodies Clúid, Respond and Tuath given approval to deliver the homes

Mon Feb 08 2021 - 06:32

Nora Quoirin's mother says she heard 'whispering' on night of disappearance

Girl (15) who suffered from learning difficulties, went missing from a rainforest resort

Wed Nov 11 2020 - 17:05

Michael Walker: Gareth Bale’s place in Real’s history a strange type of glory

As the great Matt Busby wrote, you can win without affection but you will gain nothing

Sat Sept 19 2020 - 07:00

Monaghan student wins Young Economist of the Year award

Faolán Ó Cathmhaoil from Coláiste Oiriall wins overall prize

Fri Jun 19 2020 - 14:57

‘My three year old asked are we going to have to stay in here forever?’

Families in accommodation hubs struggle amid Covid-19 clampdown conditions

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 01:48

Lobby to press politicians over referendum on right to home

Home for Good says change to Constitution not a solution to housing crisis

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 00:05

Budget includes €100m increase for homeless services and HAP

Cuts to funds for local authority housing sites condemned by voluntary sector

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 18:01

Children’s heartbreaking testimonies reveal reality of life in family hubs

New accounts are almost identical to those heard from children in direct provision

Thu Apr 18 2019 - 01:00

Man downsizes home to help young family

‘You’d think I was Santa Claus... I just think it was the decent thing to do’

Wed Feb 27 2019 - 09:53

Work to start on first cost-rental scheme near Sandyford

Apartments will be up to 30% below market value and the ‘rent will remain stable’

Thu Jan 31 2019 - 19:18

‘I flew to Chicago to buy Mrs Claus’: The families lighting up Christmas

These Dubliners are raising festive spirits and funds with their elaborately lit homes

Sat Dec 22 2018 - 06:00

Reclassified homeless less at risk than private renters - Murphy

Individuals accessing ‘own door’ accommodation through homeless funding ‘more secure’ than in private market

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 13:15

Greens step up criticism of Government’s climate change credentials

Party’s Dublin candidate in next year’s European elections will be former minister Ciarán Cuffe

Sat Mar 24 2018 - 17:35

Eurostat move will not curb social housing, Eoghan Murphy vows

Reclassifying voluntary housing associations as statutory bodies to hit State balance sheet

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 01:00

AIB launches new €100m social housing fund

Bank to provide loans on more attractive terms to developers of social housing

Thu Feb 01 2018 - 05:31

Housing association change could add to Government debt

CSO recommends housing agencies be classified as public rather than private bodies

Thu Dec 21 2017 - 05:35

Decision to reclassify housing agencies may put social homes ‘in jeopardy’

Large housing associations told by the CSO that they cannot be regarded as independent

Wed Dec 20 2017 - 21:28

McVerry trust turns sod on its first new builds

Eoghan Murphy opens 16 homes in separate development by Respond! in Coolock

Mon Dec 18 2017 - 21:40

Social housing targets at risk if State funding reclassified

EU seeking CSO review of whether non-profit agencies should be counted on State’s books

Wed Nov 15 2017 - 01:00

Surge in the number of homeless children in Dublin

Focus Ireland’s head of advocacy says city’s child homelessness figures are ‘shocking’

Fri Sept 01 2017 - 01:15

Family hub centres to open at 19 sites in Dublin

Half the hubs will be in former hotels and B&Bs and will have capacity for 518 families in total

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 01:00

Number of Dublin families homeless for over two years doubles

Total of 1,037 families living in emergency accommodation in June, latest figures show

Mon Jul 17 2017 - 01:00

Bargaintown building to be converted into housing for homeless families

Nine facilities across Dublin to be used as ‘family hub’ emergency accommodation

Tue May 23 2017 - 18:23

Number of homeless families in Dublin hotels to be nearly halved

Nine ‘family hubs’ to take 380 families from hotels under mover by Simon Coveney

Mon May 22 2017 - 17:59

Refurbished private housing to be used for Dublin’s homeless

Property owners to get €40,000 grant to restore homes before leasing to local authorities

Thu Mar 30 2017 - 01:00

The Westminster attack is a tragedy, but it’s not a threat to democracy

The terrorists’ aim is not just to kill a few but to terrify a multitude. For politicians and media to overreact would play into their hands

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 15:05

New type of accommodation offers hope for the homeless

Cost of Respond service at High Park Family Hub estimated to be 70% of a hotel room

Tue Feb 07 2017 - 01:00

Almost 7,000 to spend Christmas in emergency accommodation

Simon Community says level of homelessness ‘not acceptable in Ireland in 2017’

Wed Dec 21 2016 - 12:55