State Housing Policies
Pre-Irish State
Co-archived Pearse Connolly
1860
An Act to consolidate and amend the Law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland.
1870
1871
An Act to amend the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870
An Act to protect the Goods of Lodgers against Distresses for Rent due to the Superior Landlord.
1881
An Act for simplifying and improving the practice of Conveyancing; and for vesting in Trustees, Mortgagees, and others various powers commonly conferred by provisions inserted in Settlements, Mortgages, Wills, and other Instruments; and for amending in various particulars the Law of Property; and for other purposes.
1882
An Act to make provision respecting certain Arrears of Rent in Ireland.
An Act to amend and extend the provisions of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, relating to Labourers’ Cottages and Allotments.
1885
An Act to amend the Law relating to Dwellings of the Working Classes
1888
An Act to amend the Law relating to execution for Small Debts and the levying of Distress for Rent in Ireland, with special provisions for the City of Dublin.
An Act to amend Section One of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887, in regard to Leaseholders.
1890
An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to Artizans and Labourers Dwellings and the Housing of the Working Classes.
1891
An Act to provide for the Redemption of Rent by long Leaseholders and others.
1892
An Act to amend the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1881
1903
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Housing of the Working Classes.
1907
An Act to facilitate the provision of Land for certain Evicted Tenants in Ireland and for other purposes connected therewith, and to make provision with respect to the tenure of office by the Estates Commissioners.
1908
An Act to amend section one of the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1907, with respect to the compulsory acquisition of tenanted land.
An Act to amend the Law as regards a Landlord’s right of Distress for Rent.
1909
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Housing of the Working Classes, to provide for the making of Town Planning schemes, and to make further provision with respect to the appointment and duties of County Medical Officers of Health, and to provide for the establishment of Public Health and Housing Committees of County Councils.
1911
An Act to amend the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881.
1919
An Act to amend the enactments relating to the Housing of the Working Classes and the acquisition of Small Dwellings in Ireland.
An Act to facilitate the provision of land in Ireland for men who have served in the Naval, Military, or Air Forces of the Crown in the present War, and for other purposes incidental thereto.
Irish State
1923
An act to amend and continue certain existing restrictions with respect to the increase of rent and recovery of possession of premises, in certain cases, and the increase of the rate of interest on, and the calling in of, securities on such premises, and for purposes in connection therewith.
1924
An Act to facilitate the provision of dwelling-houses, and for that purpose to authorise the making of grants to persons providing such houses, to ensure the supply of building materials at reasonable prices, and to make other provisions contributing to an increased supply of dwelling-houses.
An Act to amend the Housing (Building Facilities) Act, 1924
1925
An act to facilitate the provision of dwelling houses, and for that purpose to authorise the making of grants to persons and local authorities providing such houses, to amend the housing (building facilities) acts, 1924, and to make other provisions contributing to an increased supply of dwelling houses.
1926
An Act to amend the Housing Act, 1925
An act to continue and amend the Increase Of Rent And Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1923
1927
1928
An Act to repeal the Housing Act, 1926, and in lieu thereof to amend the Housing Act, 1925, in respect of the aggregate amount of grants udner that Act and in respect of the time limited by that Act for the erection or reconstruction of houses to which that Act applies and in other respects consequential on the repeal of the said Housing Act, 1926
An act to make provision for the rating of the owners of small dwellings in lieu of the occupiers thereof in the case of rates which but for this act would be made on such occupiers and to make provision for the adjustment of rents and other matters connected with the rating of such owners.
An act to continue and amend the, Increase Of Rent And Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1923 And 1926
1929
An Act to facilitate the provision of dwelling houses, and for that purpose to authorise the making of grants in respect of the erection of such houses, to amend the Housing Acts, 1925 and 1928, and to make other provisions contributing to an increased supply of dwelling houses.
An Act to continue and amend the Increase Of Rent And Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1923 To 1928
An act to facilitate the erection and improvement of dwelling-houses in the Gaeltacht and the provision of such dwelling-houses with ancillary accommodation for domestic poultry and pigs and for those purposes to authorise the making of grants and loans to persons in the Gaeltacht towards the erection or improvement by them of dwelling-houses for their own use and of such ancillary accommodation as aforesaid and to make other provisions incidental to the matters aforesaid.
1930
An Act to amend the Housing Act, 1925 to 1929, and the Housing Act, 1929
An Act to continue and amend the Increase Of Rent And Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1923 To 1929.
1931
An Act to make better provision for the clearance of unhealthy areas and the repair and demolition of insanitary houses; to amend the Housing Of The Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921; the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930; the Small Dwellings Acquisition (Ireland) Acts, 1899 and 1919, and the Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930; and to make further provision for the financial assistance of local authorities and others in the provision of housing accommodation under those enactments as amended by this act, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
An Act for enabling grants and loans to be made under the Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929, in excess of the limit imposed by that Act.
An Act to make provision for the further improvement and amelioration of the position of tenants in urban areas and certain other tenants and for that purpose to amend the law relating to compensation for improvements made by such tenants and to disturbance of such tenants, to facilitate the granting of building leases, and to make other provisions in relation to landlords and tenants in urban areas.
1932
1934
1936
1937
1939
1940
1941
1942
1944
1946
1948
1949
1950
1952
An act to make further and better provision with respect to housing, to amend and extend the housing (Financial And Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1950, the housing of the working classes acts, 1890 to 1950, the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1950, and the small dwellings acquisition acts, 1899 to 1950, and to make provision with respect to other matters connected with the matters aforesaid.
1956
1957
An Act to amend and extend the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899 to 1956.
1958
1960
An Act to amend and extend the Housing (Financial And Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 To 1958.
1962
1966
1973
1974
The report called for the effective end to land speculation, namely that land required for development by local authorities be compulsorily acquired at existing use value plus 25% .
This is why it has been ignored by every political party in government. At present, the report is out of print.
This is why it has been ignored by every political party in government. At present, the report is out of print.
1976
1988
1990
2000
2001
This Act abolished rates on domestic dwellings. It became law in May 2002. The three judges in the appeals court unanimously ruled that, where a property is not rateable as a result of the Valuation Act, the Circuit Court has no jurisdiction.
2004
2009
An Act to deem the appointment, or purported appointment, of certain members of the dispute resolution committee to be valid; to deem to be validly constituted any tenancy tribunal constituted, or purporting to have been constituted, under Section 102 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
2010
2011
2013
2014
Social Housing Strategy 2020
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