As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
It’s unlikely they’ll get a reprieve, but there are a stack of arguments as to why now is a bad time to offer to sell homes to social housing tenants at massive discounts.
When Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Ruth Coppinger called for a NAMA estate to become social housing, her argument fell on receptive ears. But is it practical?
There are about 21,000 applicants on the social housing list in Dublin, and no plans to build enough homes for them. Here are the stories of two, who have been drifting, rootless, for years, hoping against hope.
