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Indoor dining, aviation and housing supply much on the government’s agenda. For reaction and analysis to what came out of yesterday’s meetings Pat was joined on the show this morning by Danny McConnell, Political Editor, Irish Examiner andDr. Rory Hearne, Assistant Professor Social Policy at Maynooth University and author of Housing Shock: The Irish Housing Crisis and How to Solve it.
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Dr Rory Hearne: We should not be fooled by the latest Government spin on investor funds
In a follow-up to his housing article last week, Dr Hearne says Government is merely keen for the investment fund issue to drop from the headlines. By Rory Hearne Monday 10 May 2021, 6:05 PM Mon 6:05 PM 45,150 Views 54 Comments Rory Hearne Lecturer in Social Policy
TO DESCRIBE THE public response to the article I wrote last Thursday as phenomenal is an understatement.
At 127,000 views, and growing, it is one of the most-read opinion pieces ever published by
The Journal. Who would have thought that a 2000 word article on the ins and outs of the housing crisis and policy w
Investor Funds, The Housing Market And What It Means For You
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The Government does not actually want you to be able to buy or rent an affordable home. They have created an unaffordable housing system that is focused on delivering housing as an investment asset, not a home.
Dr Rory Hearne, Assistant Professor at Maynooth University and author of Housing Shock: The Irish Housing Crisis and How to Solve it, has gone viral for his article on TheJournal.ie which details his outlook on various Governments policies around housing since the Celtic Tiger.
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A tripling of capital investment in housing is required to enable local authorities, housing associations and cooperatives build 20,000 public homes per year over the next decade. Photograph: iStock
The broken and dysfunctional housing market in Ireland and its harsh inequalities have been highlighted by the Covid pandemic. It has never been more clear how fundamental home is for our health and wellbeing. Yet this week homeless families and children eat at soup kitchens, and another “build-to-rent” co-living development received planning permission.