Can Sinn Fein fix the housing crisis or is it beyond them or anybody else?

The majority of people want to work, pay their own way and be able to maybe buy a house one day. FF/FG policies are taking this away from more and more people so the electorate is looking elsewhere. Its that basic.

FF/FG won't change tact because many of them are making too much money off the crisis. All they can do is waffle and throw shapes.

Nah, you are. Repeatedly. You are claiming an opposition party with less seats on council than FF/FG combined, for less than 5 years single handedly 'destroyed' housing all while FG were in government. And since then FF have more seats as do FG and they are both in government, housing has gotten worse. Understood.

Still dodging, has housing improved in DCC district with FF having the most seats, FG having the second most seats and both being in government? No. Its gotten worse hasn't it.

If you are trading one home for another you should only be taxed on the difference and only if you are making not losing money. If you have a second home you should be heavily taxed on that. If you are a speculator during a housing crisis like Troy you should be hammered with tax. If you are a sitting minister you and your family should be barred from any property deals.

Once the profits are denied FF/FG, they might look to tackling housing.

I was following on not disagreeing.

'Leftist' is a very loose term. Anyone gouging the public for profit because we are in crisis, should be taxed heavily IMO. Any politicians engaged in such activities should be ashamed of themselves.

We had a record breaking housing problem for over a decade now.

100%

But in Dundrum they are trying to build up and loads of rejection because the resident might have a shadow first thing in morning in summer….might is the word here

Also I’m sure I seen SF reject a high ish student apartment because “they wouldn’t suit the area”

How do you expect to solve housing with that carry on?

clear and concise

of course not a Sinn Fein supporter 👍

Politicians make the policies. So if they are also making money off the crisis, why on earth would they want it to end?

The state uses the private market, which means it directly relates to the publics fortunes. People are allowed gouge/charge as much as they can, but the government shouldn't be supplying them customers and business.

I was at horse show today, always go to see the artists and incredible talent. 100% agree the lack of respect

oh I expect it would but you would give tenants the chance to pay, if they don’t pay they have 1-2 warning and then automatic court order to remove at source, I would expect a legal person could confirm the details

We have the crazy situation that the government are paying rent allowance to people which should end up with DCC but instead is spent and DCC never receive, like how does that make sense, the rent allowance should be paid direct

I don’t know how many cases are like this, but heard it from a few people in councils not just in Dublin. Should be easy to stop

Well that didn’t happen, is it happening now? No idea but something needs to be done and from what I can see removal from source should be implemented if the person is unwilling to pay