The Irish Housing System

The Irish Housing System
Author: Terence J. Baker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1979
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Monograph on the housing system in Ireland - covers the nature and institutional framework of owned and rental housing, the extent of residential construction, housing costs, tenancy conditions, household characteristics, the lack of state aid, etc., and includes recommendations for housing policy. Bibliography pp. 263 to 268, references and statistical tables.

Home

Home
Author: Eoin Ó Broin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2019
Genre: Public housing
ISBN: 9781785372650

Thousands are homeless, tens of thousands are languishing on social housing waiting lists, even more are unable to afford to rent or buy. Why is our housing system so dysfunctional? Why can it not meet social and affordable housing needs? Home: Why Public Housing is the Answer examines the structural causes of our housing emergency, provides a detailed critique of government housing policy from the 1980s to the present and outlines a comprehensive, practical and radical alternative that would meet the housing needs of the many, not just the few. For three decades Government policy has been marked by an undersupply of social housing and an over-reliance on the private market to meet housing needs. Housing has become a commodity, not a public good. The result is a dysfunctional housing system that is leaving more and more people unable to access appropriate, secure and affordable homes. The answer, as argued in this transformative new book, lies in establishing a Constitutional right to housing, large scale investment in a new model of public housing to meet social and affordable housing need, real reform of the private rental sector and regulation of private finance, development and land.

Housing Shock

Housing Shock
Author: Hearne, Rory
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2020-06-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447353935

The unprecedented housing and homelessness crisis in Ireland is having profound impacts on Generation Rent, the wellbeing of children, worsening wider inequality and threatening the economy. Hearne contextualises the Irish housing crisis within the broader global housing situation by examining the origins of the crisis in terms of austerity, marketisation and the new era of financialisation, where global investors are making housing unaffordable and turning it into an asset for the wealthy. He brings to the fore the perspectives of those most affected, new housing activists and protesters whilst providing innovative global solutions for a new vision for affordable, sustainable homes for all.

Housing Law, Rights and Policy

Housing Law, Rights and Policy
Author: Padraic Kenna
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Housing
ISBN: 9781905536375

Housing Law, Rights and Policy is the definitive work on housing law in Ireland. This book provides the first comprehensive reference and critique of the legal and policy elements of the housing system in Ireland.

Property, Family and the Irish Welfare State

Property, Family and the Irish Welfare State
Author: Michelle Norris
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-11-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319445677

This book examines the long-term development of the Irish welfare state since the late nineteenth century. It contests the consensus view that Ireland, like other Anglophone countries, has historically operated a liberal welfare regime which forces households to rely mainly on the market to maintain their standard of living. Drawing on case studies and key statistical data, this book argues that the Irish welfare state developed differently from most other Western European countries until recent decades. Norris's original line of argument makes the case that Ireland’s regime was distinctive in terms of both focus and purpose in that Ireland’s welfare state was shaped by the power of small farmers and moral teaching and intended to support a rural, agrarian and familist social order rather than an urban working class and industrialised economy. A well-researched and methodical study, this book will be of great interest to scholars of social policy, sociology and Irish history.

Housing Contemporary Ireland

Housing Contemporary Ireland
Author: Michelle Norris
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2007-03-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402056745

During the past decade, Ireland’s economic growth has attracted international attention. This book analyses the consequences of that growth on housing and serves as a primer to other countries on the complexities of delivering sustainable housing solutions in the face of economic success. It introduces key housing developments and also reports on the findings of the latest research on the transformation of the sector in the past decade.

The State and Housing in Ireland

The State and Housing in Ireland
Author: Cathal O'Connell
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781600217593

Despite dealing with housing as one of the core issues of individuals' well-being and life situation, Cathal O'Connell's subject matter -- and approach -- is oriented towards an issue that is going far beyond the question of well-being, living standards and redistribution issues. Housing, or more generally, accommodation is a fundamental expression -- and building block -- of societies, and as such it has to be understood as core issue of socialisation, i.e. of the mode in which a society builds up its own identity and integrity. Thus, the lesson from O'Connell's systematically researched, deeply and in details informed work is reaching far beyond national housing issues. And it is in this sense that they are an important contribution to explain as well some of the general challenges of European integration.

Immigration and housing in the Republic of Ireland

Immigration and housing in the Republic of Ireland
Author: Brian Portley
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2024-07-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1526186012

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of migrants’ housing experiences in Ireland. It introduces, in an accessible manner, the key factors that determine how well migrants can engage with Ireland’s housing system. It outlines the opportunities and challenges migrants encounter accessing housing and benefits from analysis drawn from the actual lived housing experience of migrants whose homes are located in inner-city, town and small town locations in Ireland. Therefore, this book is positioned to highlight differences between various groups of migrants living in contrasting locations in Ireland and argues that housing policy development can be informed by the consideration given to migrants’ meanings and perceptions of housing.