We're living the disastrous outcomes of the 'Grand Designs' of Fine Gael's radical vision for housing. Really interesting chat with @UnaMullally on latest @RebootPod on investor funds, politics, #Endhousingcrisis gentrification & Ref on Right to Housing https://t.co/FYmZLXtHFK
Generation Rent is a generation that has stood up & achieved massive social change on Marriage Equality,Repeal,& mental health. Now are standing up for their most basic of needs–a secure affordable home to rent or buy. Its breaking point in #HousingCrisis
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Ultimately it’s the high rents that funds can get that makes Ireland most attractive...Government did nothing to address that & so they'll continue to roll in, lock you out of affordable homes & lock you into permanently unaffordable rents #HousingCrisis
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If they were serious about affordable homeownership they would direct NAMA to sell all its remaining units at actually affordable prices to home buyers & fast-track the building of 60,000 homes in three years – that would be a supply #HousingCrisis
https://t.co/LUNnfARNlW
Dr Rory Hearne: Investors received a clear message from Government last night - 'keep buying, you're (via @thejournal_ie) #housingcrisis https://t.co/9AiuycoEcf
Great to see our petition having impact! Over 25,000 people sign petition calling for government to scrap tax breaks for cuckoo funds (via @thejournal_ie) https://t.co/r8IoNShr5e
If you can't afford to buy or even rent a home in Ireland, as @RoryHearne explains, it's because the govt has done everything possible since 2011 to inflate house prices and rents so as to attract global property funds to invest in housing here, essentially at our expense ...
“Generation Rent and Generation LockedOut are demanding radical change on housing,” he says...The housing crisis is “affecting first time buyers, renters, those stuck living at home, the homeless https://t.co/dE8mOwbikQ
Nearly half of the apartments in the Capital Dock 190 apartment build-to-rent tower are vacant plus its social housing allocation is 4 miles away in Rialto. My graphic shows the 4-mile journey highlighting acres of vacant sites and 3,573 entire houses on #Airbnb.
#HousingCrisis
Another heart breaking story resulting from a #HousingCrisis caused by Government policy that has refused to build social or affordable housing on scale or freeze rents & supports investor funds. Don't be silenced or ashamed any longer-share your story & lets #Endhousingcrisis
This can be the turning point in ending the housing crisis. The public are no longer tolerating or accepting it. In just over a week 25,000 people signed our petition thats being emailed tonight to Cabinet & all TDs. We must #Endhousingcrisis & make #HomeAHumanRight for everyone
I hear the government and state are out spinning that these Maynooth homes were "forward financed" by funds. We already debunked this claim.
The timelines don't add up. Urbeo was set up in Dec 2018. These homes were already under construction before the fund was even founded
The Irish state invested in a so-called cuckoo fund that has bulk-bought hundreds of homes in two Maynooth housing estates.
€225m of state funding that aimed to stimulate housing supply ultimately used by funds to buy up homes before they hit the market
https://t.co/TIAMbhZod2
"The government does not actually want you to be able to buy or rent an affordable home." 🇮🇪🏠😡
Dr @RoryHearne, Assistant Professor at @MaynoothUni joined us to explain in detail how these investment funds have impacted housing in Ireland. @dermottodayfm @davetodayfm