Author Archive: The Tortoise Shack

The State are currently paying €365,000 to Private Developers for “Social Housing”. Our guest, Hugh Brennan, Co-Founder & CEO at O Cualann Cohousing Alliance CLG, can and has built top quality homes for half this price. He explains how the Co-Op Model aims to build communities and not just concrete jungles. This is a fascinating insight into what drives a person […]

It’s not everyday the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Housing, Leilani Farha, is in Dublin. So naturally we were delighted to sit down and get her views on the Irish Housing and Homelessness Crisis and its potential solutions. In her role, Leilani focuses economic inequality and she explains to the podcast why adequate housing is the doorway to human dignity. This […]