Tag Archives: Housing crisis



Saturday.

Sandyford, Dublin 18 (opposite Stillorgan Luas station)

Activists from Dundrum Housing Action Group drill a ‘Not For Sale sign at a site listed for residential housing development during a 24 hr protest.

The site, with planning permission for 459 apartments opposite Stillorgan Luas stop, is owned by NAMA and the group want it used for social housing.

Dundrum Housing Action Group

Previously: Sandyford site for 459 apartments guiding €36m (irish Times, October 31)

 Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie, third pic via Dundrum Housing Action Group

Budget 2019 speech broadcast in Arnotts, Dublin  this afternoon

During his Budget 2019 speech, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue promised increasing the planned funding of the affordable housing scheme from €20 million to €89 million,  facilitating the delivery of  ‘6,000 affordable homes’.

The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) has questioned it merits and said that the Government’s failure to introduce an affordable rental scheme “is evidence of a lack of vision and housing policy that is failing to evolve”.

It believes the scheme should be restricted to areas where housing costs are most acute. House prices are above €200,000 in only 11 Local Authority Areas.

The Programme for Government 2016 committed to introducing a “new model of affordable rental housing”.

ICSH chief executive Dr Donal McManus said:

“Budget 2019 affordable housing purchase proposals will provide relief for a percentage of households. However, the real requirement is for affordable rental accommodation.

This Budget could have been a watershed moment for Irish housing policy with the potential to kickstart a fresh approach and new thinking on housing if a significant programme for affordable rental accommodation had been introduced alongside these measures”

Of the Rebuilding Ireland social housing targets for 2019, Dr McManus said:

“Today’s budget announcement for the delivery of almost 10,000 social homes in 2019 is welcome.

However, the targets haven’t been increased.

Our housing association members are ready to deliver on targets. The current social housing construction pipeline for housing associations is at 6,305, representing almost 40% of the national total of 16,351 (Quarter 2 2018).”

Irish Council For Social Housing

€470 million extra allocated to housing (RTÉ)

Earlier: The Money Shot

This afternoon.

Merrion Street, Dublin 2.

Students stage a sit down protest outside the Department of the Taoiseach to highlight the housing crisis.

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Earlier….


This afternoon.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Students from across the country demonstrate against the housing crisis as the Dáil meets.

Earlier: Rising Slowly

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Update…

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Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy and Minister for state Catherine Byrne

This morning.

Ahead of a no-confidence motion in housing minister Eoghan Murphy, tabled by Sinn Féin…

Mr Murphy said the no-confidence motion is nothing more than an “irresponsible stunt”.

The motion of no confidence, he said, will do nothing for those in need.

Mr Murphy said he hopes to speak with [Dublin South Central Fine Gael TD and Minister of State] Catherine Byrne this afternoon about “genuine concerns she has for her constituents“.

He added he hoped she would not be pulled into “Sinn Féin’s stunt.”

Vote will put pressure on Govt to accept policies are failing – Sinn Féin (RTÉ)

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Give them 20 years.

They’ll give you the world.

This morning/afternoon.

Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street, Dublin 1

The launch of the establishment of the Land Development Agency that “could see” the building of 150,000 new homes in the next 20 years.

Above from left: Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe with Minister for Employment Affairs & Social Protection, Regina Doherty, Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys.

Flying pig (out of shot).

New housing agency could see 150,000 homes over next 20 years (RTÉ)

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This afternoon.

Buswells Hotel Dublin 2.

The launch of the Raise the Roof Rally, which sees sees trade unions, political parties, students’ unions, housing agencies and community and campaign groups joining forces to demand “radical new action on the housing crisis” and support for a rally outside Leinster House on Wednesday October 3

Top pic from left: Michelle Byrne, VP for Campaigns, Union of Students of Ireland, Fr Peter McVerry, Sheila Nunan, President of the Congress of Trade Unions;  Orla O’Connor Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and Aisling Bruen of the National Homeless & Housing Coalition.

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This morning/afternoon.

North frederick Street, Dublin

Protesters who have occupied a building at 34 North Frederick Street disobey a court to leave the house. The housing groups have occupied the property to protest against the national housing crisis.

They were given until 2pm to vacate the premises.

More as we get it.

Previously: Taking It back

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