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      Typeset in Classical Garamond BT 11/15 pt

      Cover front and back: Architect: 24H-architecture, Rotterdam; Boris Zeisser and Maartje Lammers.

      Copyright images: Boris Zeisser.

      Back-cover photo of the author by Mark Nixon,

      www.marknixon.com.

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      All royalties from this book will be donated to

      Inner City Helping Homeless.

      Contents

       Acknowledgements

       Deficiencies and Terminology

       Preface

       Overture

       Inadequate Language

       Real People

       A Dysfunctional System

       MOVEMENT ONE

       The State Gets Involved

       Modern Housing

       Land Reform and Rural Housing

       Urban Housing

       Free State – The First Decade

       New Government, Similar Policy

       A Reforming Coalition

       Social Housing’s High Point

       Conclusion

       MOVEMENT TWO

       The State Walks Away

       Recession and Retrenchment

       Reduction and Residualisation

       The End of Asset-Based Welfare

       Letting Private Finance In

       A New Consensus

       House Prices Explode

       Ignoring Good Advice

       The Housing Bubble Bursts

       Social Housing Strategy 2020

       The Dáil Housing and Homeless Committee

       New Minister, New Department, New Plan

       Minister Coveney’s Record – July 2016 to June 2017

       Minister Murphy’s Record – June 2017 to December 2018

       Conclusion

       MOVEMENT THREE

       The Return of the State?

       Taking a Step Back

       A Right to Housing

       Why Public Housing is the Answer

       Reforming the Private Rental Sector

       Regulating the Private Purchase Sector

       Building Communities, Not Just Homes

       Improving Building Control and Consumer Protection

       Planning for the Future

       Managing Land for the Common Good

       Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change

       Ending Housing Inequality

       Conclusion

       Coda

       It’s Time to Raise the Roof

       Nye Bevan’s Vision

       Hatert Tower

       The Promise of the Democratic Programme

       Endnotes

       Bibliography

       Index

      Acknowledgements

      To Lynn … for everything but mainly for putting up with me.

      To Ailbhe, for advice, assistance and patience.

      To Iñaki, Maite, Mikel & Irati for poking fun at my procrastination (oh yeah and the great company).

      To Izei for the voice message … maitia idatzi dut.

      To Cooper, because if I don’t Lynn won’t speak to me.

      To Bóthar Buí (Sarah & Kieran) for space to think and inspiration to write (oh yeah and the amazing shrimp).

      To Peter O’Connell for good advice and even better contacts.

      To Conor, Fiona and all the team at Merrion Press for making the impossible happen.

      And to Adrienne in MacCarthy’s bar Castletownbere for the Hewitts Whisky.

      To

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