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''A stamp duty on the bulk purchase of houses, not on apartments, this is the issue''

A petition is being presented to TDs at the Dail this morning to stop global investment funds bu...

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13.25 5 Oct 2021


''A stamp duty on the bulk purchase of houses, not on apartments, this is the issue''


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13.25 5 Oct 2021


A petition is being presented to TDs at the Dail this morning to stop global investment funds buying up entire estates and apartment blocks.  

Do you live in an investor owned house or apartment, and do you like it? Or have you been a victim of the housing crisis and the high rents imposed by these funds? 

Dr Rory Hearne, Assistant Professor in Social Policy in Maynooth University is behind this petition and he joined Adrian on the show...

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