Ireland’s housing crisis forces a third of residents to consider leaving

Crowd of people on Grafton Street in Dublin (Credit: Kinga Krzeminska—Getty Images)

Europe’s broiling housing crisis is making almost a quarter of its citizens consider emigrating in search of a more affordable life, and it doesn’t get much worse than in Ireland, a massive survey of renters and homeowners has found.

A survey of 20,000 Europeans by Opinium for real estate group RE/MAX found that 33% of Irish people are considering moving to another country amid falling levels of affordability. Across Europe, that is bettered only by Malta.