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🏠 Housing: What Each Party Proposes
Affordable Housing Programme
75,000 affordable homes on state land. Under €300,000 in Dublin. Under €260,000 elsewhere.
Hundreds of thousands of younger adults are stuck living in the family home, unable to move out and move on with their lives because they can no longer afford to …
€1.3 billion/year + €290m capital Full detail300,000 New Homes by 2030
300,000 homes by 2030. Help to Buy increased to €40,000. Rent tax credit to €1,500.
Fine Gael's housing plan centres on market-led delivery with state support for first-time buyers. The approach relies on tax incentives for buyers and landlords, with 300,000 homes targeted by the …
€40 billion total Full detail60,000 Homes Per Year by 2030
60,000 homes/year by 2030. 12,000 social homes/year. 2,000 Housing First tenancies.
Fianna Fáil promises to scale housing output to 60,000 homes per year — the most ambitious headline number of any party. The plan mixes state and private delivery but maintains …
Full detail300,000 Homes Including 125,000 Social and Affordable
300,000+ homes over 5 years. 125,000 social/affordable. Rent freeze. End homelessness by 2030.
Sinn Féin's housing plan is the most interventionist of the three large parties. It includes a rent freeze, an eviction ban, and 125,000 social and affordable homes — a significant …
Full detail50,000 Homes Annually, Scaling to 60,000+
50,000 homes/year, scaling to 60,000+. State construction company via LDA. Phase out Help to Buy.
Labour's housing plan centres on transforming the Land Development Agency into a state construction company — the most structurally ambitious proposal after the Social Democrats.
Full detail50,000-53,000 Homes Yearly with Vacancy Focus
50,000-53,000 homes/year. 15,000 affordable/cost rental. 12,000 social. 4,000+ vacant renovated.
The Green Party's housing plan combines new builds with a strong emphasis on bringing vacant and derelict homes back into use — 4,000+ annually.
Full detailRent Freeze and Eviction Ban
Rent freeze. Reinstate eviction ban. Renter's tax credit to €3,000.
People Before Profit focuses on immediate renter protections rather than large-scale building targets — rent freeze, eviction ban, and a tripled rent tax credit.
Full detailAll policy positions are sourced from parties' own published manifestos and policy documents. This is an independent citizen project. The author is a former member of the Social Democrats. This site is not endorsed by any political party.