Niamh Towey
Housing Reporter at Irish Times
Housing Reporter @IrishTimes. Have a story? Email me niamh.towey@irishtimes(dot)com.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
“I would say this thing is like living the dream ... housing is so hard, but here I have a peace of mind in my life, I have security.”Adrià Garcia Mateu lives in La Borda, a co-operative housing development in Barcelona built on state land. La Borda began its life in 2012 when local housing campaigners, social activists and architects sought a solution to the housing shortages in the Catalan city and could no longer ignore the vacant space beside them.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
More than 100 families in Dublin are at risk of homelessness after Dublin City Council paused new applications to the tenant-in-situ scheme due to a lack of funding, council figures indicate. The scheme allows local authorities to buy properties where the tenants are facing eviction because the landlord is selling.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
Shannon Sweeney is an elite Irish boxer with her eyes on the 2028 Olympics and lives in her neighbour’s spare room in Westport, Co Mayo. “I’m very, very appreciative that they’re there, because without them I don’t know where I’d be. Times are tough,” the 26-year-old says outside the ring at St Anne’s boxing club in the town. The housing crisis in Westport hit the headlines last month after a Mayo County Council official proposed a boycott on holiday homeowners to free up housing for locals.
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4 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
Houses for sale in an affordable housing scheme in Co Kildare are priced above the threshold of what the State deems affordable in its local authority home loan scheme. Eight new homes at Lattin Place, on the Rathasker Road in Naas, went on sale on Wednesday with prices ranging from €295,000 for a two-bed house, €365,000 for a mid-terrace three-bed house and €370,000 for an end-terrace three-bed property . As of 3pm on Wednesday there had been over 100 applications for the eight homes.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Niamh Towey
People living in disadvantaged communities in Ireland face worse health outcomes than they previously did, new research on barriers to social inclusion has found. The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) report, commissioned by Pobal and published on Tuesday, looks at how barriers to social inclusion have changed over time and whether disadvantaged communities are particularly adversely affected. The study used data from the Pobal HP Deprivation Index and the 2016 and 2022 Censuses.
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‘This is like living the dream’: Communities turn builders to beat the housing crisis in Barcelona https://t.co/7R2ESH1VBp
Did you live in one of these rental homes run by Sweet Home Accommodation Ltd? Maybe you know someone who did? Please get in touch with me as I would like to speak to tenants about the breaches of rental laws which the company was recently fined for: https://t.co/P6nFdPGhkq
Are you currently trying to find a place to rent Ireland? I am looking to speak to the tenants of Ireland about the biggest obstacle facing many young people in this country: the housing crisis. Please get in touch here or email [email protected]. https://t.co/hPjZiG1HOO