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Housing Economics Research Publications

From: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Published on: 28 February 2023
Last updated on: 28 April 2025

Department of Housing research papers
Joint Department of Housing/ESRI research papers
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The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has an active housing economics research programme, as the department wishes to understand housing market conditions and outcomes to inform the development of policy measures in a complex area of public policy. There are two major strands to the department’s research activities.

Firstly, the department publishes research papers which have been authored by departmental staff, including analysis of the housing aspirations of renters and the downsizing preferences of mature homeowners. These papers include work undertaken in collaboration with the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service.

Secondly, the department operates a joint housing economics research programme with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). The output of the research programme has been a series of published papers concerning housing economics and related topics. The programme has also been widened to include research focused on spatial planning and related topics. Topics include housing market affordability, the sustainability of house prices, structural (i.e. demographic) housing demand, credit demand in the Irish mortgage market, implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Irish rental market, and rental inflation and price stabilisation policies.