Galway’s housing crisis isn’t going away on its own – and one of the biggest culprits is hiding in plain sight. Across the city and county, whole houses and apartments that could be home to long-term tenants instead stand empty, snapped up by landlords chasing short-term Airbnb profits. CATU Galway is calling on every one…
Why this campaign Housing in Galway is at crisis point. With few houses available, skyrocketing rents, and increasing levels of homelessness, we are in the midst of a housing disaster. A key factor in this is the increase in landlords illegally turning houses into short-term lets (STLs) and advertising them on sites such as Airbnb….
We are living in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis in Ireland, with a record number of TDs doubling as landlords as well as record highs in rents. Everyone reading has likely experienced or heard from a friend of a landlord trying to take advantage of their tenants’ lack of knowledge when it comes…