Local authority housing in Ireland at risk of being ‘wiped out’ by Brexit
‘If Brexit hits as hard as we think it could, we go from a small government surplus to a large ...
Tag: housing
Irish human rights organisation says people on housing benefits face ‘systemic discrimination’ when finding a home
An Irish human rights organisation has said people receiving welfare payments are facing “systemic discrimination” on the housing market. The ...
760,000 people live below poverty line in Ireland and ‘radical action’ is needed to fix that, says major charity
Ireland's largest voluntary charity has said the country's government must take “radical action” to end poverty. The Society of St. ...
Long-term empty homes in Scotland up 5.5% in a year
Overall, National Records of Scotland statistics show 96% of houses in Scotland are occupied, 1% are second homes and 3% ...
Absolutely nobody is shocked that a Tory housing scheme mostly benefitted the already-wealthy
The National Audit Office (NAO) said on 13 June that three-fifths of people using Help to Buy could have bought ...
Irish housing minister suggests young people will be ‘excited’ to live in slum-style buildings
Ireland's housing minister has suggested young people will be "excited" to live in the equivalent of tenements (multi-occupancy/slum buildings). Eoghan ...
Thousands of people hit the streets to highlight the housing and homelessness crisis in Ireland
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Dublin to protest the housing and homelessness crisis gripping Ireland. It ...
Irish rental housing is more inaccessible than ever before. Protesters prepare to hit the streets.
A new report shows that rents in Ireland have risen to an all-time high. The report, written by professor of ...
Grenfell Tower survivors criticise the ‘indifferent and incompetent’ government response
On 14 June 2017, 72 people were killed in the Grenfell Tower fire. Now, nearly two years on, survivors have ...
Campaigners celebrate the end of ‘no-fault evictions’ but the government’s got a loophole ready to go
The government will ban section 21 notices, which give landlords the right to ‘no-fault evictions’. Housing campaigners have called it ...
Brexit ate my news
As Brexit chaos continues to dominate the headlines, many of us have had enough. It's easy to become jaded and ...
People aren’t letting developers get away with the ‘sickening practice’ of netting bird nesting sites
‘Netting’ has infuriated people across the country because of its threat to wildlife. So people are fighting back with grassroots ...
‘Desperate’ and ‘pathetic’. Tory James Cleverly goes after Corbyn’s son.
The Conservative Party lacks policies and its government is imploding. But now, out of desperation, its new strategy iseems to ...
Hundreds of buildings still at risk of another Grenfell scale tragedy
A Freedom of Information (FOI) response to Inside Housing has revealed that government funding to remove Grenfell Tower style cladding is not ...
The latest Grenfell revelations may have exposed a national scandal
An investigation by HuffPost has revealed a huge problem with fire regulations in the UK. But the media outlet only ...
The DWP won’t budge an inch on a notorious policy
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said that it's refusing to change its position on a controversial policy. ...
The DWP’s latest Universal Credit balls-up is staggering
The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) latest Universal Credit calamity takes the biscuit. Because it shows the lack of ...
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