@mickbyrne.bsky.social
Housing, political economy, UCD Lecturer. Subscribe to my The Week in Housing newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/38ye4knn
Director of Equality Studies M.Sc. https://tinyurl.com/2jtw6cvu
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@mickbyrne.bsky.socialThanks Simon. At the end of the day he means well so that's the main thing
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialAlways good to chat to @tonygroves.bsky.social about housing politics. We discuss the Spanish situation and then how it relates to housing politics internationally and in Ireland
@neilmackay.bsky.socialReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.socialMost 2026 story ever
@ciarancuffe.bsky.socialReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.social"I haven't managed to defend my home, but I have fought so that others can learn to fight for what's theirs." Maricarmen Abascal 2 November 1928-7 October 2026 Photo EFE/Archivo/Sergio Pérez
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialThe politicisation of social housing along national lines is only going to get more intense IMO, and I feel people are woefully underprepared for this discussion @tonygroves.bsky.social
@eoghangilmartin.bsky.socialReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.socialPedro Sánchez’s coalition won reelection in 2023 based on a real record of measures to rein in the cost of living. But as snap election are called, pulling off the same trick again now may be much harder, after three years of institutional deadlock. My analysis:
@robkitchin.bsky.socialReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.socialLooking forward to the conversations about these books (4 of which have been published in the last two weeks) at the book forum event, Oct 14th, 18.00-19.30, Fictions, Frictions & Evictions exhibition at iD8, Dublin. www.eventbrite.ie/e/housing-ex... @mickbyrne.bsky.social @ronanlyons.bsky.social
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialToday's post goes through the data and discourse on social housing and immigration @julesbirch.bsky.social
@robkitchin.bsky.socialReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.socialNew OA book: Fictions, Frictions & Evictions: Housing Data Stories. Available for download at: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/21... The book is a collection of 208 drabbles – stories of exactly 100 words – that shine a spotlight on the data politics of housing, property and planning data
@samtranum.bsky.socialReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.socialJust thinking about these two stories next to each other: 1. In Darndale Park, a football club and a parkrun have been displaced by horses, and some locals have been asking for stables. Nothing yet. 2. In D2, the council is spending €7.5m on a new tearoom in Merrion Square, an area short of cafes?
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.socialReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.social🤣😬😬
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialSpanish tenants unions call for general strike on the 11th of November
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialAll Ill say is listeners can draw their own conclusions about who dominated who
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialNot for the time being anyway
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialTenants unions in Spain are calling for a general strike in response to housing crisis.
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialThe politics of housing in Spain has taken centre stage, and reflects what I call the 'post-neoliberalisation' of housing politics. Bonus post out this morning @tonygroves.bsky.social @javigil.bsky.social @valescal.bsky.social
@dublininquirer.comReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.socialThe council published data on nationalities on social-housing list. "We shouldn't be having a shit fight about who is getting the scraps of our housing system," says one researcher.
@mickbyrne.bsky.socialThere's been more research recently on the relationship between housing & issues like energy & health. Today's post looks at link with water poverty/precarity, based on a new report @pbresnihan.bsky.social @orla-hegarty.bsky.social
@simoncommunity.bsky.socialReposted by @mickbyrne.bsky.socialWhat does Budget 2027 mean for people experiencing poverty and homelessness?
For our #SimonTalks webinar, we'll be joined by Susanne Rogers, @socialjusticeire.bsky.social
Join us as we unpack Budget 2027 through a social inclusion and community development lens 👇
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@mickbyrne.bsky.socialReally good piece here looking at this issues after DCC released new data on social housing waiting lists/allocation by nationality