Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence: Decades in the Making
A century after the state's foundation, Ireland faces an acute homelessness crisis with families and children increasingly affected. This book uncovers how decades of housing policy, financial decisions and social factors have shaped today’s housing insecurity. It is the first to take a historical approach, tracing the roots of homelessness back to key policy decisions taken over the past century.

By understanding how we got here, it offers crucial insights into breaking the cycle. Essential reading for policy makers, scholars and anyone concerned about Ireland’s housing future, with lessons for other jurisdictions, this book reveals why solving homelessness requires rethinking how we build and fund housing.

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Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence: Decades in the Making
A century after the state's foundation, Ireland faces an acute homelessness crisis with families and children increasingly affected. This book uncovers how decades of housing policy, financial decisions and social factors have shaped today’s housing insecurity. It is the first to take a historical approach, tracing the roots of homelessness back to key policy decisions taken over the past century.

By understanding how we got here, it offers crucial insights into breaking the cycle. Essential reading for policy makers, scholars and anyone concerned about Ireland’s housing future, with lessons for other jurisdictions, this book reveals why solving homelessness requires rethinking how we build and fund housing.

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Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence: Decades in the Making

Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence: Decades in the Making

Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence: Decades in the Making

Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence: Decades in the Making

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A century after the state's foundation, Ireland faces an acute homelessness crisis with families and children increasingly affected. This book uncovers how decades of housing policy, financial decisions and social factors have shaped today’s housing insecurity. It is the first to take a historical approach, tracing the roots of homelessness back to key policy decisions taken over the past century.

By understanding how we got here, it offers crucial insights into breaking the cycle. Essential reading for policy makers, scholars and anyone concerned about Ireland’s housing future, with lessons for other jurisdictions, this book reveals why solving homelessness requires rethinking how we build and fund housing.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781447378747
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication date: 02/24/2026
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Prologue

1. Poor Laws, the Family Economy and Housing Policy 1922-1948

2. The End of the Poor Laws, Economic Development and Modernisation, 1948-1963

3. Housing Policy, Housing Agitation, and the Emergence of the Homelessness Sector, 1964-1981

4. Two Housing Bills and One Act, 1981-88

5. From 1989 to 1997: From the Implications of the Housing Act to Local Partnerships on Homelessness

6. From 1997-2011: A Decade of Strategies, the Celtic Tiger and Austerity

7. From 2011-2016: From Austerity to Economic Recovery

8. From 2016- 2020: Homelessness becomes a ‘National Crisis’

9. 2020-2024: Pandemic, Migration and a Housing Crisis

10. Conclusion

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