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Housing
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Sinn Féin’s message fails to inspire
By Finghín Kelly Many of those voting Sinn Féin in the recent election did so in the belief…
Profiteering makes houses unaffordable
How the profiteering of developers is making homes unaffordable
Market failure sees homelessness sky rocket
By Dave Murphy The government’s failure to act on the homelessness crisis means the situation has now gotten…
Government must ban home repossessions by banks
· Profitable state-owned banks should write down mortgage debt · Repossession crisis will become intensify homelessness crisis The…
Vultures make a killing on NAMA property
By Diana O’Dwyer A little noted feature of the so-called ‘recovery’ from the banking and property crash is…
Dublin City Councillor calls for a ban on evictions through rent increases
Dublin City Councillor Michael O’ Brien of the Anti-Austerity Alliance has today said that DCC should be given NAMA hotels as a public utility for emergency housing situations and that an immediate ban on evictions through rent hikes should be implemented across the city.
Passing of Housing Bill will kick 50,000 families off Housing Waiting Lists
The Housing Bill which will be voted on today is one of the most regressive and anti-social pieces of legislation introduced by this or any government.
Housing crisis: Establishment parties to blame
A series of articles that have been carried in the mainstream media recently have exposed the human face of the growing housing crisis in Dublin and other urban centres across the state.
State must build public housing
Despite more than 289,000 vacant dwellings in Census 2011, there is the most serious housing crisis seen in this country for decades. Few of these vacant properties are being turned over to the state. Many are being deliberately held onto by developers, Nama or receivers, clearly waiting for prices to rise again and turn a profit.
Housing crisis enriching landlords’ profits
Labour and Fine Gael housing policy is to enrich private landlords and boost their profits by not providing…
