The Republic of Ireland broadly has relatively high rates of home ownership compared to the rest of western Europe, which are related to the longstanding, broadly targeted state subsidization of home purchase provided as part of an implicit tradition of asset-based welfare. During the 1980s,...

The question of management has until recently been a largely neglected aspect of the local authority rented housing sectorin the Republic of Ireland. However, recent trends have brought this deficiency into sharper focus. These include: its shrinking size relative to other tenures, increased...