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6 months on, Irish renters crushed by effects of government housing bill

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6 months on, Irish renters crushed by effects of government housing bill

Community Action Tenants Union (CATU), a group organising Irish renters to fight for their rights, has laid out the disastrous effects of an Irish government housing bill, six months on from the president signing it into law. At the time the Residential Tenancies Bill (RTB) passed, we quoted People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy saying: This is a bill for rip-off rents. That’s the purpose of it. It’s not an accidental outcome of it, that’s the purpose. The government strategy explicitly is to get rents to rise higher in order to attract more investment. That appears to have proven correct, with large…

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Why Rising Student Housing Costs Are Reshaping University Choices in the UK

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Why Rising Student Housing Costs Are Reshaping University Choices in the UK

A December 2024 report from Unipol and HEPI confirmed something students already knew but universities were slow to acknowledge: the maximum student loan in England is now less than the average student rent. You read that right. The government’s own financial support package doesn’t cover your highest single cost. That reality is changing how students choose universities. And if you’re currently deciding where to study, it should change how you think about it too. The Numbers That Are Actually Driving the Decision Student rents in university-owned accommodation rose an average of 12% across UK cities between 2021/22 and 2023/24, with private…

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Mamdani fights for renters with transformative ‘Block by Block’ NY housing plan

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Mamdani fights for renters with transformative ‘Block by Block’ NY housing plan

New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, unveiled his groundbreaking ‘Block by Block’ housing plan yesterday, which will see 400,000 affordable homes with stabilised rents. This restoring news follows a successful collection of more than $9 million in unpaid fines from billionaire Bezos’ Amazon. Mamdani has long made clear that he grasps the scale of the financial crisis facing ordinary people, who find themselves increasingly priced out of housing and have an uphill battle to achieve financial security. The New York mayor will also target rogue, exploitative landlords, and create tens of thousands of jobs needed to build new homes. In turn, he…

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