Description
| Product ID: | 9780008529581 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Gaffs |
| Subtitle: | Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do About it |
| Authors: | Author: Rory Hearne |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Poverty and precarity, Poverty & unemployment, Housing and homelessness, Social mobility, Urban communities, Sociology: family and relationships, Labour / income economics, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Popular economics, Housing law, Housing and property for the individual: buying / selling and legal aspects, Housing & homelessness, Social mobility, Urban communities, Sociology: family & relationships, Labour economics, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Popular economics, Housing law, Housing & property for the individual - buying/selling & legal aspects |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The book that has been waiting to be written – how Ireland’s housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it. The book that has been waiting to be written – how Ireland’s housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it.”Clear, cogent and persuasive” – Fintan O’TooleMillennials are the first generation in Ireland to be worse off than their parents. Trapped in a game of rental roulette, stuck living at home as adults, and many on the brink of homelessness, the Irish housing crisis has defined the lives of an entire generation – and it is set to continue.With housing costs in Ireland the highest in the EU, the property ladder has been kicked from under thousands. So how did we get here … and how do we break the cycle?In Gaffs, housing expert Rory Hearne urges us to think about the people behind the statistics, and shows us that there is a way towards a future where everyone has access to a home. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-29 |
