The Irish government’s plan to stimulate housing supply is to keep rents high and drive them higher, oblivious to a decade of record high rents having failed to improve supply www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... - ThreadSky

eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social • 18 days ago

The Irish government’s plan to stimulate housing supply is to keep rents high and drive them higher, oblivious to a decade of record high rents having failed to improve supply https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/02/10/taoiseach-signals-major-policy-shift-on-housing-with-possible-end-to-rent-pressure-zones-and-more-reliance-on-private-sector/

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marnaharmey.bsky.social•18 days ago

Disgusting.

bufels.bsky.social•18 days ago

some good news though. thank god

dezlink.bsky.social•18 days ago

ailbhe.bsky.social•18 days ago

They're purposefully keeping supply low to keep the value of the many many properties they own nice and high.

nameless-weevil.bsky.social•18 days ago

A plan to send young people and rent abroad in vast quantities and the most cynical and, dare I say it, unpatriotic thing Martin has ever done.

karlstanley.bsky.social•18 days ago

As a result of Ahern and Cowen, my kids had English accents for a few years. Looks like my grandkids will have English accents too thanks to Martin and co.

eidin.bsky.social•18 days ago

Depressing…but people voted for this 😭

aiteall.bsky.social•18 days ago

Fianna Fail always relied on speculators to fund their party. This "leave it to the private sector" b/s is just the same corrupt politics at a higher level. The "Brown Paper Bag Republic". Aren't we great!

eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social•18 days ago

You could call it faith-based politics

paulduane.bsky.social•18 days ago

Neoliberalism has many of the qualities of a religion, with 'the market' at the centre of it, an oblivious God that must be placated no matter how many lives are destroyed.

nameless-weevil.bsky.social•18 days ago

Too kind. High housing and rental prices are the goal of these policies, not the somewhat regrettable side effects of a sincere belief in the power of market forces to fix market failures, and it directly benefits key stakeholders in FF/FG and their voters (disproportionately property owning).

enahsc.bsky.social•18 days ago

That would be generous

tinydbass.bsky.social•18 days ago

Yep, I think the faith is in the idea that "market driven" tweaks are the only tools available. I don't think even Martin has any faith that this will actually help the housing crisis.

keithadams.bsky.social•18 days ago

100%, replete with its bishops and priests, all offering the hope of increasing housing equity to their flock

kevinhargaden.bsky.social•18 days ago

It's literally dogmatic, in the worst possible sense

aandrkerr.bsky.social•18 days ago

Why would landlords want to increase supply? That would disrupt the system of short supply driving rents higher, which benefits only them.

ncf-tff.bsky.social•17 days ago

Micheál Martin is trying to out-Blueshirt Fine Gael at this point

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