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Social Democrats Advance Bill to Create Land Price Database

If passed, this Bill will create transparency around land prices and developers’ profit margins Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan has advanced legislation that would create a new land price and ownership database. Speaking ahead of today’s Dáil debate on the Bill, Deputy O’Callaghan said: “Issues with land ownership, control and costs have haunted Ireland […]

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Government Must Stop Delaying And Introduce A Vacant Homes Tax

Instead of pursuing the rapid introduction of a vacant homes tax, the government seems more interested in trying to undermine the rationale for one  The government must stop delaying and introduce a vacant homes tax immediately, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “The introduction of a vacant homes tax was postponed because the […]

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Government Must Scrap Its €450m Bailout For Developers

The Social Democrats are moving a motion in the Dáil tomorrow calling on the government to scrap this latest sweetheart deal for developers. The government must scrap its bizarre plan to gift developers up to €144,000 per apartment and instead use the money to deliver affordable, social and cost-rental homes, according to Social Democrats Housing […]

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Vacant Homes Tax Delay Would Be Inexcusable And Incomprehensible

To date, all we have gotten from this government are delays, excuses and prevarications Any further delay to the introduction of a vacant homes tax is inexcusable and incomprehensible, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “There were reports at the weekend that the introduction of a vacant homes tax is in doubt after […]

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Rental Supply Collapses As Short Term Lets Surge

There are just 64 properties to rent in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford cities combined – but 225 on Airbnb in Galway city alone Double digit increases in rent, and an unprecedented 77pc collapse in rental supply, are further indictments of the government’s handling of the housing crisis, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian […]

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€120,000 Apartment Bailout Is Another Sweetheart Deal For Developers

Why is the ambition of this government, when it comes to housing, so pathetically weak? The Housing Minister’s plan to bail out developers out to the tune of €120,000 per apartment, without securing any reduction in the cost of those apartments, is perhaps his most inane policy yet, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian […]

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Housing Minister Must Confirm If Dominance Of Build-To-Rent is Government Policy

There is a crisis of decreasing rates of home ownership in this country which this government has failed to address The Housing Minister must confirm whether it is government policy that more than 80pc of residential development in Dublin City should be build-to-rent, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “The proportion of build-to-rent […]

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30% Increase In Child Homelessness A Shocking Indictment Of The Government

Just 175 social homes were built by the four Dublin local authorities last year It is a shocking indictment of the government’s failed housing policy that child homelessness has increased by 30pc in the past year, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “Figures released by the Department of Housing today show that homelessness […]

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Annual Rents In Dublin Now Exceed Annual Income for Minimum Wage Workers

Renters in Dublin today will pay €12,000 more in rent per annum than they did in 2011 Average rental costs for new tenancies in Dublin are now more than the annual income of those on the minimum wage, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “According to the latest report from the Residential Tenancies […]

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Housing For All Progress Measured in Stasis And Missed Deadlines

If these figures represent success for the Minister’s plan, one wonders what failure would look like? There has been lots of bluster from the Housing Minister on the progress he is making in housing – but very little evidence of any delivery, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “The latest progress report for […]

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