Comments on: IRISH HOME OWNERSHIP: MYTHS AND REALITY

By: Susan Cook

Susan Cook — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:23:18 +0000

I am looking for 1810 census records in Dublin. I found out that my great-great–great grandfather was born in Ireland. Later I also found out that census records were destoyed at Public Records Office in Dublin. Some are survived. what about probate records??

thank you

By: Home Is Where The Debt Is « No Ordinary Fool

Home Is Where The Debt Is « No Ordinary Fool — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:02:54 +0000

[…] of how terrible incidents from our past affect our approach to home ownership today. Indeed, this interesting article from June 2007 by Conor McCabe would support that […]

By: Home ownership VS. Emmigration in Ireland « Iwentdowntotheriver

Home ownership VS. Emmigration in Ireland « Iwentdowntotheriver — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:09:21 +0000

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By: Grimes M.

Grimes M. — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:48:33 +0000

‘Stigma’. ‘Design’ Very often older areas were deliberately
stigmatised …. to …. ‘up-value’ their neighbouring areas. It psychologically damages the tenants of these areas. But the poorer people themselves (me) must address ‘design’ from every angle/aspect. The domicile itself, the curve of the road, the scale/amount of houses/ aspect/ present surrounds - and the likelihood of that being built. Can not there be some kind of architectural conference held in Dublin Corporation that ordinary applicants can attend. Also, can unemployed people buy a/their domicile ? Employers have the power (in reality) to decide if people own a home or not. We are deluding ourselves if we say they are just ‘work’ when really they are a ‘bank conduit’ in human selection to credit … mortgage … home.
Probably via Credit Unions the unemployed should be able to access a mortgage (one per person per lifetime).

By: Conor McCabe

Conor McCabe — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:29:28 +0000

Hi Tommy, I’m sure I came across stuff with regard to Dublin Corporation in the Pearse Archive, relating to housing and flat design, and from the 1950s as well. I don’t have the reference handy, but I’m almost certain there’s stuff on it there.

By: Tommy Kennedy

Tommy Kennedy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:58:25 +0000

Hi, Does anybody know where i’ll find technical or Government documents regarding social housing design in Ireland from 1950 to the present and beyond, i have most of the modern stuff, its the 70’s and 80’s im gettin stuck in.!

Thanks,

By: Conor McCabe

Conor McCabe — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:26:53 +0000

True. Marino / Donnycarney / Ferguson Road - these should have been the models. As for mortgage relief - it makes a big difference but it’s not 60% of the purchase price. The point I’m making is that the financial incentives available when the culture of home ownership developed in working class areas are not the same as the ones now. The only real parallel is the “affordable housing” scheme, which is a lottery. Yet, the culture affects more people’s lives than any appraisal of the economic reality.

The CnG government didn’t want to give money to Sinn Fein controlled local councils either. It’s with the CnG government that we see the birth of the county / city manager.

By: londoner

londoner — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:59:08 +0000

The Irish government continues to offer generous financial incentives to home owners through mortgage interest relief, which not only slashes the real cost of paying a mortgage but in practice penalises tax payers who don’t pay a mortgage. This instrument is no longer available in the UK. County councils are still empowered to provide shared ownership mortgage arrangements. The CnG government was ideologically opposed to long term rental rather than opposed to social housing provision - the results of its support for individual home builders are still lived in across rural ireland, often mistakenly described as traditional farm houses, and the Marino suburb in dublin of heavily subsidised affordable high quality homes could have been a far better model than many practices adopted earlier or later - not least in removing the weight of local authority control over individual tentants and allocations, but as importantly in placing at least as much importance on public amenity as any developer targeting the private sector.