1 week ago Opinion: Government shouldn't make local councils into scapegoats for its own housing failures

The government’s housing plan wants local authorities to take more responsibility but isn’t allowing that to happen, writes Councillor Oisín O’Connor.

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1 week ago More than 1,000 social homes in Donegal visibly cracked due to defective blocks

Council has been asking Department of Housing for four years for funding to repair damage done to housing stock

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2 w. ago ‘We are human beings too’: Homeless singles react to Government housing plan prioritising families

Latest housing strategy involves instructions to council to put long-term homeless families with children at the top of their housing lists

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3 w. ago Why Ireland's most toothless housing crisis measure is finally getting an overhaul

Could we finally be doing something nationally about dereliction?

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3 w. ago Will the Government’s latest plan to fix the housing crisis work? Experts have their say

Newest proposal to ease one of the nation’s biggest problems is ‘evolution, not revolution’

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3 w. ago Micheál Martin has dodged at least one bullet as backbenchers row in behind housing plan

Within Fianna Fáil, there is internal optimism about the plan, despite frustrations with party leadership in recent months.

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3 w. ago Surprise and criticism as Gaeltacht planning guidelines delayed again until 2027

Campaigners for Gaeltacht housing are bitterly disappointed over the lack of urgent measures in the housing plan published today.

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3 w. ago Q&A: Are the delivery targets in new housing plan realistic?

Minister for Housing James Browne ‘will not accept a lack of ambition’ to ensure progress; time will tell

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3 w. ago What will new housing plan mean for renters? What you need to know about today’s announcement

Minister for Housing James Browne ‘will not accept a lack of ambition’ to ensure progress; time will tell

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3 w. ago Opposition criticises Government’s housing action plan as trying to ‘turn water into wine’

Workers and families ‘have once again been ignored’, says Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin with all parties critical of decision to abolish annual targets

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3 w. ago New housing plan was written for ‘big developers’, Opposition says

Workers and families ‘have once again been ignored’, says Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin, with all parties critical of decision to abolish annual targets

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3 w. ago From Housing for All to Rebuilding Ireland: How did other housing plans perform?

New housing plan has promised the building of tens of thousands of homes

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3 w. ago 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

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3 w. ago Sinn Féin accuses Government of 'brazenly trying to rebrand homes as affordable'

Meanwhile, Labour said a “minor miracle” would be needed to achieve the government’s target of 300,000 homes by 2030.

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3 w. ago Here are the main points of the housing plan for renters and would

The Government has outlined what its new plan will do for renters, low and middle-income households, and those in homelessness.

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3 w. ago Government 'moving away from yearly targets' but is aiming for 300,000 homes by 2031

The plan aims to target homelessness, increase social housing and support first time buyers and renters to get “starter homes”.

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3 w. ago Government says it is 'moving away from setting targets' but is aiming for 300,000 homes by 2031

The plan aims to target homelessness, increase social housing and support first time buyers and renters to get “starter homes”.

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3 w. ago Government says it's 'moving away from setting targets' (but aiming for 300,000 homes by 2031)

The long-awaited housing plan aims to increase social housing and support first time buyers and renters to get “starter homes”.

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3 w. ago ‘We will be held accountable’: Taoiseach defends removing annual housing targets

Plan announcement comes against backdrop of a fall in new housing commencements

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3 w. ago Developer slams housing plan: 'We could be doing so much more'

“We could be doing so much more,” developer Michael O’Flynn has said about the rate at which houses are being built in Ireland

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