Ireland's housing crisis: millennials, a generation sacrificed | euronews 🇬🇧

In recent years, Ireland has seen a continued trend in emigration: young graduates and working millennials are leaving the Emerald Isle for greener pastures. But this time they are leaving on account of a housing crisis exacerbated by inflation, which is destroying their future prospects

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[ayela]

This is happening in Canada, the USA, England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand.. what the heck is going on and how can it be stopped? It’s madness

[Rising_Wave]

Thanks for highlighting this.
Ireland is closed. Come stay in a hotel! Because that's the priority of the government now. Building hotels. Want some where to live? No chance!
Irish government infantilizing a whole generation of Irish adults. It's an embarrassment.

[tristanuaceithearnaigh]

A 33 year old working women forced back into her childhood bedroom with her parents.
Sums up the situation in Ireland succinctly.

[marcusmaher-triskellionfil]

In Irish, from Dublin but live in Barcelona, the rents are expensive here but nothing on the scale of Dublin. I've been in a rental 5 years now, big double room (my flatmate and his dog) it's grand, €475 all 'facturas' included....you would be paying that for a cupboard in Dublin. I was renting a 1 bed flat in Smithfield, in the noughties for 7 years, it went fron €700 to 1900€ in 3 to 4 years. I was back recently, same flat..€2300....how on God's green earth can you justify that.
The book lies with the politicians who are happy to keep the status quo, Barcelona has a rent cap.
My country and the people who run are a disgrace.

[booms]

The people replying with "It's bad everywhere, why are you talking about Ireland?"
That kind of thinking is doing a real favour to the landlords.

[TheMalone]

this Irelands story -it has been failing the next generation for many many years, ,,,I left when I finished school years ago -no jobs or prospects --plenty of housing then . I have just returned and its a beautiful place with great people -its very sad to see this generation of bright, educated people still having to leave

[grizzyb]

Regulate real estate agents. They lie for a living. A country of gougers who think they are victims.

[johnkeating]

If Irish people want a better Ireland then the criminal political cartel that has ruled us for many long decades needs to be removed.

[kitersrefuge]

Housing crisis in the UK, in Ireland, in Australia in the United States, in Canada. This is a global issue driven by global policies in sync. The Irish examples I can list would boggle the mind post 2008; but would they be any different to those in Australia...no, not really. Misanthropy on a global scale.

[AuraTrimCoMeath]

I am single in my 50's earning €2600 and banks refusing to give me a mortgage. They do not explaning why. To rent a house is impossible now, even if you can pay asking price of €2500 per month. There are at least 10 other ppl chasing the house, so it is like a competition now. I slept in a truck, in a car and move out to the different town. But even so it is very hard to find a property to rent. Now I am working fir company, who supply me with a room. But no private life, no pets, sharing house with other people not as a choice. Who to blame? I do my share but it is not enough for regulations. So what should I do, especially in case of illness or loosing a job with accommodation provided? Who should answer my question?

[tingedgnu]

Ban foreigners (and Irish corporations with majority foreign ownership) from owning investment property. Canada, Australia and New Zealand restrict foreign ownership of property.

[odrlmc]

Gaslighting the public by claiming migrants are are not contributing to the problem. 200k extra people when the country is failing apart already is pure insanity. Migrants are provided with housing assistance, are fast racked because they require no documentation while an Irish person on HAP is still required to get a landlord to fill out extremely onerous documentation. Who do you think the landlords is going to choose? - ....all at the taxpayers expense. It really is a grotesque situation.

[Insurancemom]

Im Irish and ive been in America for 17 years, i am a full-time single parent and i now have to return home because my rent has doubled since 2016, its now 1600, my car insurance has increased 72%, my car payment has increased and every bill i have has gone up, groceries are up 40% with inflation, i am insurance sales and the industry is in crisis with catastrophic losses, i also have a small online business and i also do delivery driving, no matter what i do its never enough, now my daughter is going into middle school i am bringing her home to keep her away from the crime and gun violence here, but overall this is a crisis of greed that is happening everywhere

[hiss]

I worked in Ireland last year. I walked those streets, visited those cities, and ultimately, after less than a year, I was forced to return to my country and move in with my parents; not because I couldn't afford to pay for my rent, but because I couldn't find anything available on time. Not only that, but I had been away from my emotional support pet cat for that entire period, and the separation anxiety and generalized depression disorder were reaching their peak. Regardless, I would love to one day return there, but under more favorable, humane conditions. It felt like the generational gap was more than just the usual ideals and lifestyle stuff, but rather a divide built on indifference and cruelty. I was flabbergasted when I first found out that local homeowners were protesting against building what they laughably called "high-rise" in Dublin, which was merely a several story tall apartment. I can't adequately describe my love-hate relationship with that place, but I think that's what most other millennials feel too. That feeling of being unwanted, neglected, or just an extra in a play that's already booked.

[Lezi]

Ok, I understand the problem - but moving to Berlin? Looks like she has not really reflected on her choices. It is not better and rent is on the rise and very high already. Also, there is a language barrier. This makes no sense.

[patrickitumbili]

The government must build the houses for his own peoples

[pauloshea]

My parents are dead, I'm living in my car! Lucky her!

[koverlaszlotitkosugynok]

I had a 1 bed rent on Parnell Street, Dublin for €900/month in 2012. Now the same apartmant cost €2.500/month.

[MariaMariaAllistaken]

This is what happens when people can borrow cheap money and decide to 'invest' in property... so renters would pay their mortgage and they get extra money and another house. It has been very easy for some that now it's too hard for the ones coming after...

[dermotsheehan]

The local governments in Ireland won’t allow people to build their own houses, except in very specific circumstances, so thousands of people who want to build are not able to get planning permission, they then have to stay in the rental market for years, the government wants everyone to only buy from a developer which is going to be a low quality build, so many people could build their own homes if the government loosened the restrictions, but they are more concerned about stopping house building outside of towns than solving the housing shortage, people’s lives are being ruined but local planning restrictions are a higher priority by an out of touch government