Tag: Housing
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Renters thrown to the vultures with new housing bill
Continuing to fall far behind housing completion figures promised in the programme for government, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have doubled down on sacrificing renters at the altar of multinational investment funds. A bill enacted on the first of March allows new tenancies to start at the highest market price. Afterwards, rents can be increased…
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“Is that homelessness?” – As Martin scoffs the housing crisis intensifies
“But if the house has been offered… those people are still on the list, still in emergency accommodation, and they’re being counted. And I question then is that homelessness?” So Micheál Martin sneered at the latest bleak milestone set under his government. Apparently – if we believe our ever-wise Taoiseach – a record-breaking 16,353 people…
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Time to evict capitalism
The Irish government’s pathetic attempts to solve the housing crisis in Ireland are continually proving to be abysmal failures for workers and young people. Far from delivering homes en masse, these ‘solutions’ are lining the pockets of landlords and developers at the brutal expense of workers and of the youth in particular. Homelessness continues to…
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Housing crisis: a government of landlords for landlords
The housing crisis in Ireland continues to deepen. The situation moves from bad to worse, month by month, year by year. Homelessness figures continue to soar, having reached a new record high of almost 11,000 people in emergency accommodation.