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Want To End Rental Bias? Start Building More Social Housing., Lorcan Sirr Mar 2016

Want To End Rental Bias? Start Building More Social Housing., Lorcan Sirr

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When the rent supplement was introduced in 1977 for people in financial need within the private rented sector, the intention was that it would be temporary. Almost 40 years on, it is stillwith us.


Complicated Ideology Is Costing The State Its Social Housing., Lorcan Sirr Feb 2016

Complicated Ideology Is Costing The State Its Social Housing., Lorcan Sirr

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Credit should always be given where it’s due. Noel Dempsey therefore deserves a paragraph in Irish housing history for his innovative move in 2000, when, as environment minister, he decreed that developers must set aside one unit for social or affordable housing for every four they build.