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Congress seeks FIRs against Amit Shah for false claims, V. Somanna for offering bribe to rival candidate in Karnataka Assembly elections

The Congress petition accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of claiming that ‘former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had released all PFI workers who had earlier been kept in custody, and it was the BJP government that later had to locate and jail them again. The Indian National Congress has given an…

The Hindu

Labour accuses Government of ‘abandoning’ first-time buyers

The opposition has promised to increase homeownership to 70% and build more social and affordable housing.

The Independent UK

Fight over affordable housing puts renters in focus

Greens leader Adam Bandt is calling for a rent freeze and more investment in affordable housing but the prime minister says his proposed fund goes far enough.

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'No guarantee' that scrapping development levies will lead to lower house prices, Dáil hears

As part of the Government's latest intervention on housing, the Cabinet agreed to scrap developer levies for a year. This will save €12,650 per home on average

Irish Mirror

Irish comedian hits back at criticism about new Virgin Media housing crisis series

In the new series about Ireland's housing crisis comedian Michael Fry and Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien spend the day together - some people were not happy

Irish Mirror

Government vows £25 million housing boost for key workers in rural areas

The money will allow councils to acquire or lease properties which can be used to provide accommodation

Insider UK

Housing crisis Ireland: Government 'will pay for building of affordable apartments'

The Cabinet is set to consider a package aiming to reduce the cost of construction and will increase grants for the renovation of vacant homes

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Gove puts pressure on shareholders over post-Grenfell remediation package

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has warned the shareholders of cladding companies over the provision of remediation work.

The Independent UK

Fine Gael's John Paul Phelan retiring as TD in another blow for Leo Varadkar

Mr Phelan, 44, is the fourth Fine Gael TD to announce their retirement since the last general election, alongside Donegal TD Joe McHugh and Kerry’s Brendan Griffin. Former Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy retired in April 2021.

Irish Mirror

Spain to help young citizens fly the nest with foreclosed homes

Spain is aiming to help millions of young adults still living with their parents to rent their own homes by offering them properties abandoned when its housing market collapsed a decade ago.

Reuters

Major Coffs Harbour housing redevelopment in doubt as Coalition policy reviewed

Housing Minister Rose Jackson says the Coalition's Future Directions policy has failed to deliver, which could lead to the abandonment of a plan to redevelop an estate in Coffs Harbour.

ABC News

Housing construction has fallen dramatically in Queensland – here's why

In 2022 there were 35,000 homes that began construction in Queensland, which is down 22.1 per cent from 2021.

ABC News

Dollymount Dames taking Housing Minister to task on E Coli ridden bathing waters

The group of swimmers is planning a protest of the slew of "poor" water results later this month

Dublin Live

Michael Pascoe: Menzies knew housing couldn’t be left to ‘the market’

Even Sir Robert Menzies knew that it required large-scale government involvement to make housing affordable.

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Department of Housing defends €1bn underspend and blames it on Covid-19, inflation and Ukraine war

Labour leader Ivana Bacik, meanwhile, suggested that the underspend indicated that Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien was “out of his depth”

Irish Mirror

Department defends €1bn underspend on housing

Labour leader Ivana Bacik suggested that the large understand on housing between 2020 and 2022 suggested that Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien was "out of his depth".

Irish Mirror

Ministers claim they knew nothing about eviction notice numbers

Officials from Department of Housing knew about the tsunami of eviction notices coming before ban ended

Irish Mirror

Fr Peter McVerry apologises to Taoiseach over eviction ban claim

Fr Peter McVerry claimed several times this week that he was told Taoiseach Leo Varadkar overruled Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien on extending the eviction ban

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Taoiseach denies he overruled Darragh O'Brien on extending eviction ban

Homelessness advocate Fr Peter McVerry told South East Radio that he believed that Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien wanted to extend the eviction ban but was "overriden" by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

The Independent UK

UK housing model is ‘broken’, says Gove

Michael Gove said that ‘we desperately need more homes to bring ownership within reach of many more people’.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: David Pocock offers sense amid stupidity on housing

Unsurprisingly, the fate of the Albanese Government’s election gimmick excuse for a housing policy has fallen into the standard Canberra sideshow of

The Canberra Times

'It's not time for political theater': Senate urged to support key housing bill

Australia's community housing organisations have emphasised the urgent need to pass the government's key housing legislation, which has failed to get the support of the Senate this week.

The Canberra Times

Deal on social and affordable housing fund stalls

A rally attended by the CFMEU, Greens, and independent senators called for more ambitious commitments to social and affordable housing.

Manchester Evening News

Staff at housing association responsible for tragic Awaab Ishak had 'wholly unacceptable' attitude to refugees

RBH has come under fire in a new report

The New Daily

Major defeat for $10 billion housing fund in Senate

The government had its first major legislative defeat since taking power as the Senate crossbench dashed its hopes of passing the affordable housing fund.

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