Full coverage: social housing

The multinational behind Ikea’s retail stores has announced a €100m investment in Dublin housing, under a new funding model that could be replicated. Will the €30bn managed in Ireland by the Ingka Group trickle into the domestic economy?

Fiona Cormican has been instrumental in turning the non-profit into Ireland’s largest private landlord. From the era of grant-funded council homes to the brave new world of investment funds and cost rental, she details what has happened to Ireland’s housing market – and what needs to happen now.

Aros Kapital is taking a 10 per cent stake in David Jelly’s Property Bridges and advancing the Irish property lender with a €100m credit line to lend to housebuilders. Jelly explains the strategy behind the deal and the type of projects it is seeking to finance.