{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/6913070bdac02c1fcf9266c3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Irish Government Still Has No Idea Now it Will Fix the Rent Crisis - 11/11/2025","description":"<p>How will Ireland fix its rental crisis?</p><p><br></p><p>Everyone knows the situation is out of control, with spiralling costs and a chronic shortage of supply. But what isn’t acknowledged very frequently is that Ireland has no clear goal it’s working towards to make the situation better.</p><p><br></p><p>For example – do we want rent prices to fall? If so, by how much? And over what time frame? Or – is the aim just to slow rent increases, so it’s below wage growth? That’s one way to boost affordability.</p><p><br></p><p>But if that’s the goal, again the question is – how much should rents increase by? And how long will it take to make them more ‘affordable’?</p><p><br></p><p>We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Sinn Fein TD &amp; spokesperson on housing, Eoin O Broin, who is going to talk to us about what he believes should be done to fix the rental crisis in Ireland.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}