Fine Gael is handing about €2,400,000 (€2.4m) of public money per day to private landlords. The bill for renting ‘social housing’ from the private sector for all of 2019 will be about €900m.

All housing experts agree that a fundamental shortage of housing is a key driver of the housing crisis. There is simply not enough homes of the right type

In the summer of 2016, Éirígí For A New Republic started campaigning for the creation of a new system of universal public housing that would be open to everyone who was in need of a home

The article below is the first in a four part series that examines Fine Gael housing policy and answers some of the most common questions that people ask about housing.