Figures obtained by RTÉ News show that over 650 tenants had their Housing Assistance Payment stopped because they have fallen into arrears with their contribution to the payment.
Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy is being called on to clarify whether a Government-backed mortgage scheme has been put on hold because it has run out of funding.
The number of people homeless and living in emergency accommodation across the State has reached a record high and now stands just below 10,000.
Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has defended the spending of €400m on the Housing Assistance Payment, saying it is needed to keep people out of emergency accommodation "or worse".
A new State lender for small and medium sized builders and developers has opened for business today.
The organisation representing employers has called for significant reform of the planning system, including changes to the law governing Compulsory Purchase Orders.
Irish banks are now required to give mortgage customers more information about their loan in order to help them save money by moving to a better rate or switching provider.
A global private investment firm has partnered with an Irish property company and the Irish Strategic Investment Fund to build hundreds of private and social rental homes in Dublin and other major cities here.
The Government has launched the new Land Development Agency, which it says will co-ordinate State-owned lands for regeneration and development, and open up sites for the provision of housing.
There was a significant increase in the number of people contacting the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) last year, according to its annual report.
Over 3,500 new dwellings were built in the first three months of 2018, according to the Central Statistics Office, a 27% increase on the same time last year.
Construction firms increased their workforce on the back of greater workloads as activity in the sector accelerated to a three-month high in April.
New data from Goodbody shows that despite rapid population growth, housing output in Ireland is among the lowest in Europe.
New figures from Goodbody show that 2,367 housing units were built during the first three months of the year.
Research from the Central Bank shows that 44% of mortgages or just over 13,000 in long-term arrears are now more than five years past their due date.
Average rental prices rose by 6.4% nationally over the year to the fourth quarter, according to a new report from the Residential Tenancies Board.