The government knew exactly what would happen. They did it anyway.
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“Housing emergency turning into housing disaster”- ICTU response to latest homeless figures | ICTU
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When Fine Gael came to power in 2011 the number of homeless children was 457. As their housing policies took hold homelessness grew. The social contract was smashed, and now the amount of homeless children is now 5,321. This is Fine Gaels' legacy. (supported by FF and Labour)
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Where are older people meant to find the money needed to split their homes? Refinancing will leave debts for your loved ones to pay after your death.
Chances are the only winners here will be the finance companies.
Is this just a way to bring back bedsits?
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Micheál Martin is out today blaming the EU for our housing crisis, but the UN lays the blame squarely at the feet of successive FFG governments. Read here 👇
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These are government choices, and they are choosing data centres over homes in the middle of a housing crisis.
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Three are currently thousands of builders working on data centre sites.
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The governments target for social housing this year is 10,000 homes. My prediction, based on the first quarter figures, is they will keep their unblemished record for missing their own targets again this year.
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Would you pay hundreds of thousands of euros for this?
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"Scrapping the requirement for blocks to have a mix of apartment sizes is a “market-led approach” that is “fundamentally at odds” with the Department’s strategy of building high-quality, sustainable housing"
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Earlier today, the housing minister admitted homelessness is going to get worse. Now, the head of the HSE has admitted that waiting lists for health assessments is going to get worse.
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#HealthcareCrisis
#ScoliosisScandal
#HipDysplasiaScandal
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In failing to deal with the housing crisis, their party policies caused, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have normalised homelessness in the 2nd richest country in Europe.
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Rents will rise for years. House prices will rise for years. Homelessness will rise for years. We are in the middle of a housing crisis, yet FFG has taken no emergency measures to deal with it. Landlords win. Everyone else loses.
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Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been deciding housing policy for decades. Now we have a housing crisis.
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Prioritising data centres over housing while refusing for decades to upgrade our infrastructure was always going to have this outcome. What's the point of calling it a "Housing Crisis" when you don't take emergency measures to deal with it?
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No wonder he withdrew his name for the "Housing Tsar" position!
"The four-bedroom Cabra home is available in May and June but not in July. It can be booked for a week next Wednesday for €10,226."
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FFG is helping you own your own home by:
🔴 Allowing vulture funds to buy up housing
🔴Schemes that push up prices
🔴Not enforcing Airbnbs rules
🔴Not building enough social and affordable homes
But thankfully you can now ask your parents if you can live in their back garden
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Our government has decided that your children and grandchildren can live in your back garden instead of owning a house of their own. They are handing their responsibilities on to you. 🤬
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State construction of housing is the only way out of this housing crisis. The opposition knows this. The UN knows this.
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Government schemes and their inability to build adequate social and affordable housing drive up prices
"In the Central Bank's list of reasons explaining why demand for housing is continuing to remain strong it included "government initiatives"."
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