Ireland housing crisis: "Social contract has ruptured"
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There is an ongoing secondary scandal where people object to property planning permission for extortion purposes https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2023/12/05/the-p...
The majority of the elected government members are landlords.
Dublin in particular has a morally reprehensible limit on building anything new above 5 stories in the city centre.
At every stage this 'crisis' has been manufactured by those we wish to solve it. The sobering reality is, if you were born after about 1986 then you are not allowed ever have a home.
Oh and there's no rail outside of the wealthy coastal suburbs and the glacially slow tram lines don't even connect, so good luck with land use.
"Decent" social accomodation is so tight to get, it is fueling xenophobia.
Sounds identical to our situation here in Canada.
In Canada, however, the discourse has leaned into blaming high immigration for this problem.
Comparing, however, Ireland has a reported 1.9 immigrants per 1000 people, vs Canada's 6. But sounds like comparable rent.
Social housing as a tool for managing the housing inventory is barely spoken about here. I barely even hear it from the (formerly) "social democratic" NDP.
It's also important to remember that there is the problem of "I can't afford a reasonable place to live" and the problem of "I can't afford a reasonable place to live where I want," and they are both real problems, but the vast majority of arguments are about the latter.