Housing

Managing change - delivering fair outcomes in a time of transitions

Monday, 29 April 2024

Ireland is going through several major transitions which will transform how our society and economy function. These transitions are already well underway. Climate change is taking its toll on both…

Equity Scheme for Long Term Mortgage Arrears needed

Monday, 12 February 2024

According to the latest Central Bank figures for Q3 2023, 708,810 private residential mortgage accounts for principal dwellings are held in the Republic of Ireland, valued at just over €100 billion.…

Locked Out of the Market - Just 3 per cent of all properties examined in study were within HAP limits

Monday, 22 January 2024

Locked Out of the Market is a quarterly report published by the Simon Communities of Ireland based on a snapshot survey conducted over three consecutive days. This latest version published in…

Budget 2024 on Housing: Regressive subsidies and lack of ambition

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

For the past number of years, Government’s response to the housing crisis has been categorised by an over-reliance on the private rented sector and the introduction of badly-targeted subsidies which…

Budget 2024: No focus on Mortgage Arrears

Friday, 3 November 2023

The Consumer Price Index division with the largest increase in the 12 months to August 2023 was Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels (+17.3 per cent), with actual rents for housing and…

Budget 2024: No move for record homeless

Wednesday, 1 November 2023

The number of homeless people accessing emergency accommodation in August 2023 was a record 12,691. This represents an increase of 50 per cent since Housing for All was introduced and 94 per cent…

Budget 2024: providing the least for those on lowest incomes

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Budget 2024 follows the path of Budget 2023, with Government repeating last year’s mistakes. Rather than spending this year’s surplus to support those who most need it, for whom it would have the…

Budget 2024 - Infrastructure and Services

Monday, 25 September 2023

Ireland’s infrastructure and social services have been inadequate in areas such as housing, public transport and healthcare for years. We need far greater investment in social infrastructure and…

Government is failing older people, more support required in Budget 2024

Wednesday, 6 September 2023

According to Census 2022, there were 1,048,985 people aged 60+ living in Ireland on Census night, an increase of 19.7 per cent on Census 2016. The number of people aged 65+ increased by 21.8 per cent…

National Social Monitor - An End to Child Poverty?

Monday, 4 September 2023

The establishment of a Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach was a key step towards delivering on the Taoiseach’s commitment "to make Ireland the best…