The government is hoovering up too much housing - the private working taxpayer is hurting

The government apparently has legal obligations to house those who throw themselves at the mercy of the state. So this is a logical response from the state.

The government has no legal obligations to ordinary citizens who are trying to pay their own way in society.

It's not going to end well.

Until not very long ago the Co Council in Clare (and I’d imagine other counties) were not allowed to buy houses, it was being put on local authorities to build their way out of trouble.

Obviously that policy has been abandoned, and it will inevitably make things harder for working people again.

I’ve predicted the same… you’ll probably end up with the likes of ..

Ireland First, INP ( irish national party ) etc….if they don’t exist already….

im surprised that there already hasn’t been any serious discussion revolving around our EU membership…

also I’m surprised that there is no major appetite to reform the EU via referenda regarding immigration and securing of the borders around the EU, securing the financial wellbeing, safety and futures of EU citizens.

the state of the world and what’s probably coming is against a backdrop totally different to the one where the EU was founded and laws drawn up, accepted and implemented….. the laws and policies and indeed leadership of the EU is completely at odds and out of date for and with what’s occurring on the planet right now….

Planning laws are there for a reason.

Successive governments promised the electorate more housing, not everyone, the electorate l

Those parties are nutjobs and loons though, a real right wing party we have not had since the PDs is whats needed. no extremism, socially liberal, but fiscally right wing. We need that.

House Da homeless is all we heard for years.

Well here is your answer.

Better off living in a hotel for a few months crying poverty, you will get your forever home.

Try to do it the honest way? Good luck with that.

You will own nothing and you will be happy

- Klaus Schwab, WEF

Hold the f**k up Jim, when private individuals do actually go build their own houses, we are then labelled the architects of "McMansion Rural Monstrosities" from the governmental cheerleaders on this forum, just like yourself up in here.

So which one do you actually want?

Forcing councills to build would mean for a given amount of government funds, potentially twice as much social housing could be built. You clearly haven't researched this.

Stopping the state from hoovering up pre-built houses should be a legal restriction. It is mad financially and socially. There is an issue in terms of an apparent insufficient construction capacity, but that itself is a problem created by the government in the form of the 2007 financial 'crash'. Construction of new houses almost literally stopped, with the value of existing housing falling 50%, It became more expensive to build than a house was worth. Droves of tradesmen had to emigrate to find employment, which they did in places not managed by Cowan and his ilk, like New Zealand, where Christchurch conveniently needed re-building. Canada probably hoovered up lots as trade skills have long been sought and they have an accelerated easy immigration path for such people.

What if the council had to buy the land they won't get it cheaper than a developer. Would you be happy that the council would do social housing quickly, get good value, and be EFFICIENT. The children's hospital? There is no separate set of construction workers to which the councils and local authorities have access if they are building.

If you were to follow this argument to its logical conclusion When a local authority builds an estate of A-rated homes why should they go for social housing surely they should be forced to sell them to those who can get a mortgage as they were built with taxpayer money.

You 'found out' their anti-abortion stance? That was their entire raison d'etre.