Sober Steve on Nostr: The housing shortage will last a long time. This would be true even if our ...
The housing shortage will last a long time. This would be true even if our underperforming state suddenly became a high performer. So we need a palliative for the short and medium term.
I think the Irish government should pay Irish citizens to emigrate.
Some traditional destinations for Irish emigration, notably the UK, are also short of housing. However, there must be foreign countries that have affordable housing and reasonable employment prospects.
Lest we annoy the receiving countries, the scheme should disperse the emigrants so that they don't drive up the cost of housing too much.
I don't expect the next government to adopt this idea. If they did, they would probably leave immigration unchanged, or even ramp it up (since many immigrants will accept worse housing conditions than the Irish), thus accelerating population replacement.
Of course, as a nationalist, I want to see immigration reduce to a trickle, housing shortage or no housing shortage.
I think the Irish government should pay Irish citizens to emigrate.
Some traditional destinations for Irish emigration, notably the UK, are also short of housing. However, there must be foreign countries that have affordable housing and reasonable employment prospects.
Lest we annoy the receiving countries, the scheme should disperse the emigrants so that they don't drive up the cost of housing too much.
I don't expect the next government to adopt this idea. If they did, they would probably leave immigration unchanged, or even ramp it up (since many immigrants will accept worse housing conditions than the Irish), thus accelerating population replacement.
Of course, as a nationalist, I want to see immigration reduce to a trickle, housing shortage or no housing shortage.