Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence

Decades in the Making

Eoin O'Sullivan, Mike Allen, Sarah Sheridan (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

322 Seiten

2026
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-7873-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Eoin O’Sullivan is Professor in Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. Mike Allen is Director of Advocacy, Research and Communications at Focus Ireland. Sarah Sheridan is an Independent Researcher and Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin.

Introduction: Colonial inheritances

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, 1981–1988

5. From the implications of the Housing Act to local partnerships on homelessness, 1989-1997

6. A decade of strategies, the Celtic Tiger and austerity, 1997–2011

7. From austerity to economic recovery, 2011–2016

8. Homelessness becomes a ‘national crisis’, 2016–2020

9. Pandemic, migration and a housing crisis, 2020– 2024

10. Conclusion: Reflections on Homelessness in Ireland

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.1.2026
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4473-7873-3 / 1447378733
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-7873-0 / 9781447378730
Zustand	Neuware