We need proper rent controls, site valuation taxes, dereliction taxes and a huge quantity of new social housing. AlanDublinIf not for Covid there would be mass protests on the streets against the abhorrent situation with housing in this country. S RyanCorkThis “housing crisis” is housing policy by design. Time and again I roll my eyes at the spin that accompanies everything “housing crisis” related. However, we also realise, since this recent fund purchase of an entire Maynooth housing estate, the reality – that there is no crisis.

Source: The Irish Times May 27, 2021 13:31 UTC