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Why the housing crisis is a European-wide issue

New guidelines that will lift restrictions on apartment sizes and the number of one-bedroom units...

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14.25 10 Jul 2025


Why the housing crisis is a European-wide issue


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14.25 10 Jul 2025


New guidelines that will lift restrictions on apartment sizes and the number of one-bedroom units allowed in a development have been before Cabinet this week, as the Irish government seeks to tackle the housing crisis.

Ireland is by no means the only European Government struggling with this issue, but is lowering the cost for developers a good way to solve the problem, and why are we seeing housing crises across the western world? 

Tim White is Research fellow at Queen Mary University of London and the London School of Economics, and joins Seán to discuss.


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