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This module provides an in-depth analysis of Irish housing policy, the Irish housing system and comparative housing regimes from a human rights framework. It explores diverse philosophical and conceptual understandings of the role of housing in wellbeing, policy and the welfare state with a particular emphasis on the Human Right to Housing. It discusses; - the development of Irish housing policy and the Irish housing system; - the role and impact of neoliberalism, marketisation, and austerity in Irish housing; - the financialisation of housing; - the contemporary housing crisis, inequality and discrimination in housing; - homelessness measures and impacts; - social housing regeneration; - social movements in housing; - human rights-based policies and models. It also provides key data, statistics, and policy sources on housing and homelessness.
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