The big picture - homelessness - rte

owlbethere

This is on TV now.

Our government has completely failed people with the lack of affordable housing.

Idbatterim

YEAH! free housing for some, that are on very low incomes or getting their free money, any one marginally above that, screw you! Go and pay a massive multiple of the near free housing, great system :rolleyes:

jay0109

Affordable housing is a problem yes. But what caused it?

I point the blame squarely at the Govt allowing mass immigration which has caused an increase in the population from 3.8m to 4.9m in 20 years. That's 30%.
How could any country keep building houses fast enough to meet that demand!

SEPT 23 1989

Charlie Manson is punching well above his weight

Idbatterim

jay0109 wrote: »

Affordable housing is a problem yes. But what caused it?

I point the blame squarely at the Govt allowing mass immigration which has caused an increase in the population from 3.8m to 4.9m in 20 years. That's 30%.
How could any country keep building houses fast enough to meet that demand!

a part of it maybe, but it suits the majority, to have rip off prices. Particularly those in power, many of whom own property they let out or simply want their home to appreciate. Appalling planning, has a lot to do with it... thousands of irish that would have worked in the 1920, 1930's etc building skycrapers in NY etc and it seems that in 2020 in dublin, that anything above several floors, you need special breating equipment :rolleyes:

Its total failure at local and national level of government. They only care about re-election, buying off the pensioners every budget, has done the trick for decades... tide starting to turn....

Rodney Bathgate

Well off people in social housing is the problem. Not to mention the high percentage in rent arrears.

Idbatterim

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Well off people in social housing is the problem. Not to mention the high percentage in rent arrears.

well RTE and the alphabet parties, have it drilled into them, that they shouldnt pay for anything. Let the working poor pay for it and mental accomodation costs for themselves...

sameoldname

jay0109 wrote: »

Affordable housing is a problem yes. But what caused it?

I point the blame squarely at the Govt allowing mass immigration which has caused an increase in the population from 3.8m to 4.9m in 20 years. That's 30%.
How could any country keep building houses fast enough to meet that demand!

1.1 million increase in population is 55,000 extra people per year over those 20 years. Even if you gave every one of those people a home each you still wouldn't come close to how many homes we built at our peak in 2006 at 88,188. Even back in 2002 we built 57,695 so it's not something we don't have the capacity to do.

Source.

James Brown

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Well off people in social housing is the problem. Not to mention the high percentage in rent arrears.

Using tax payer money to supply social housing by way of renting and leasing off investment companies and buying off market instead of building our own.

It started with FF demolishing 100% social housing estates to sell off the land or create piecemeal PPP housing. It was then exacerbated by FG using private business to shore up the ever increasing crisis.

blanch152

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Well off people in social housing is the problem. Not to mention the high percentage in rent arrears.

Bowie wrote: »

Using tax payer money to supply social housing by way of renting and leasing off investment companies and buying off market instead of building our own.

It started with FF demolishing 100% social housing estates to sell off the land or create piecemeal PPP housing. It was then exacerbated by FG using private business to shore up the ever increasing crisis.

Rodney is right. We even have a situation in Wicklow where a TD on 100k a year is living in social housing blocking access to someone who really needs it.

KaneToad

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Well off people in social housing is the problem. Not to mention the high percentage in rent arrears.

Social houses staying in the family when the family size dramatically reduces.

Rodney Bathgate

KaneToad wrote: »

Social houses staying in the family when the family size dramatically reduces.

Yes, the social housing for life approach is a problem. As well as transfer from parent to child.

DangerScouse

Total lack of investment from multiple governments in social housing is the problem.

It's not the fault of social housing tenents

DangerScouse

Idbatterim wrote: »

YEAH! free housing for some, that are on very low incomes or getting their free money, any one marginally above that, screw you! Go and pay a massive multiple of the near free housing, great system :rolleyes:

There are no free social housing units in this country. Everybody pays something

Rodney Bathgate

DangerScouse wrote: »

Total lack of investment from multiple governments in social housing is the problem.

It's not the fault of social housing tenents

You don’t think the massive % in arrears feeds into a decision not to add more social housing stock?

Fool me once shame on you...

Kivaro

DangerScouse wrote: »

There are no free social housing units in this country. Everybody pays something

Remind me again, the source of this money for most of them?

Gatling

DangerScouse wrote: »

There are no free social housing units in this country. Everybody pays something

Just 90 million in unpaid rents .



There is no free ohhhhh wait

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

I hope the family (plumber/wife/kid) realise what whinging pricks they are (assuming they watched the program).

kildare lad

It doesn't help when large amount of homes built during the boom were given to new " Irish ". As they like having 4 or 5 kids per family there'll be another crisis in a few years time.

Erica Fleming and Mags Kash have a lot to answer for.

NIMAN

Homelessness seemed to go away for a long time there.......people must be getting fed up with CV19 and Brexit again.

screamer

I’m actually fed up of the how’re yaz now waiting years an all fur der free houses close to der Maas and daas, they can stay waiting as far as I care.
It’s the average joe soap who has my sympathy, people who are working and trying their hardest to provide for themselves and their families who are being fleeced with house prices and on an ever more difficult quest to save deposits, and get a mortgage etc whilst trying to rent somewhere also to keep a roof over their families heads. They are the people who deserve the most help, they are raising the future tax payers of Ireland, and they should be prioritised.

padd b1975

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Erica Fleming and Mags Kash have a lot to answer for.

I see Margaret's 'significant other' is currently a guest of the government.

atticu

DangerScouse wrote: »

There are no free social housing units in this country. Everybody pays something

Next you will be telling us that they pay tax.

coolbeans

DangerScouse wrote: »

There are no free social housing units in this country. Everybody pays something

Bullsh1t, there are huge numbers of people, something like 40%, not even paying the paltry rent required of them. There's tens of millions owed all over the country. You can keep on putting your head in the sand but the truth is the truth. Who's gonna invest in social housing when rent can't be collected and tenants can't be evicted? Nobody.