Housing

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Proposed return of bedsits a backward step and non-runner – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the leaked proposal, supposedly coming from Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy to restore the bedsit option, as a backward step and a non-runner. The Sinn Féin TD said the current housing crisis needed new and modern thinking and this backward step of reintroducing bedsits was not a healthy […]

Homeless figures rise as do nothing government presides – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West and Sinn Fein TD, Seán Crowe, has described the rise in homeless figures as an indictment of this government’s do nothing approach and a clear indication of their abject failure to get to grips with the housing crisis. The Department of Housing’s latest homeless figures for July show an increase of 78 […]

New semi-state housing agency a diversion – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the speculation around a new semi-state agency for housing as another diversion that will actually delay delivery of social housing. The Sinn Féin TD believes that the Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy, needs to concentrate on the bureaucratic delays currently being experienced by local authorities and scrap […]

Rents rising and no new Government measures planned – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said he is increasingly angry and frustrated at the lack of any new measures coming from Government in order to tackle the rise in rents. The Sinn Féin TD was responding to the latest report from Daft.ie which highlights that the cost of rent is now 18% higher […]

New CSO figures highlight crisis in housing sector – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said that the new Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures, which show that nearly half a million adults are still living at home with their parents, highlights again the challenge of the ongoing  crisis in the housing and rental sector. The figures from the CSO reveal that […]

Referring homeless families to Garda stations is shameful – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has stated that homeless families and their children having to present themselves to Garda stations is shameful. The Sinn Féin TD expressed his concern after it emerged that 12 homeless families were told to present to Garda stations recently as no emergency accommodation or beds were available in the […]

Number of homeless children in Ireland at all-time high – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said that the number of homeless children is at an all-time high, with numbers steadily increasing every month since the Government came into office. The Sinn Féin TD was commenting after the release of the Department of Housing’s March homelessness figures showed yet another rise in individual, family, […]

House price jump puts ‘Help to Buy Scheme’ under microscope – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said that serious questions are hanging over the current  ‘Help to Buy Scheme’ following figures released by Daft.ie showing huge jumps in house prices in the first three months of the year and information gleaned recently from Parliamentary Questions. The Sinn Féin TD said that there needs to […]