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Property shortage in regional towns and cities ensures rents will still rise

Irish Independent 04 Jul 2021

However, these are leaving the market in droves. Read More. Eoin O'Malley. Opinion State is breaking the social contract in blindly following Nphet’s unfair plan ... Threshold chief executive John-Mark McCafferty says the under-supply of homes inhibits people’s life choices, preventing them from leaving the family home or starting their own family ... .

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Families referred to charities for food - because incomes are being spent on housing costs

Irish Independent 04 Jul 2021

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Families are being referred to charities for food because incomes are being spent on housing costs

Irish Independent 04 Jul 2021

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Just one quarter of people renting do so by choice - survey

The Irish Times 01 Jul 2021

Only a quarter of people renting in Ireland do so by choice, a survey from the national housing charity has found ... Crossroads ... John-Mark McCafferty, chief executive of Threshold, said for those on higher incomes, paying more than 30 per cent of income on rent may have “little impact” on their disposable income ... .

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Surge in tenants seeking advice on evictions since ban lifted

The Irish Times 09 Jun 2021

The charity saw an almost 50 per cent increase in termination queries in the month after April 13th, when the ban was lifted, compared with the previous month, chief executive John-Mark McCafferty said ... Mr McCafferty said the number of queries being received by Threshold is back to 2019 levels, now that the ban is gone.

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Tax commission to tackle long-term public finance strategy

Irish Independent 04 Jun 2021

... McCafferty, Chief Executive Officer, Threshold; Tom McDonnell, Nevin Economic Research Institute and ICTU Nominee; Fergal O’Brien, Director, IBEC; Barra Roantree, Economic and Social Research Institute; and Anne Vaughan, former Deputy Secretary, Department of Social Protection.

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Coronavirus in Ireland: Ministers look to extending rent protections past July

The Times/The Sunday Times 01 Jun 2021

John-Mark McCafferty, chief executive of Threshold, a housing charity, said the extension would only protect about 400 tenants out of a market of 300,000 ...

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Daft: Rents fall in Dublin, rise elsewhere

RTE 12 May 2021

The average monthly rent nationally stood at €1,443 in the first quarter, up 1.7% on the same period last year ... Supply up 20% in Dublin ... With the cost of renting a double room in Galway City Centre up 16% in a year, CEO of Threshold, John-Mark McCafferty said he is "seriously concerned" about affordability in the rental market ... .

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Division 3-4 baseball preview: All eyes on Austin Prep

Boston Herald 11 May 2021

Jonathan Pollard spent five years overseeing the highly successful baseball program ... West Bridgewater returns outfielders Will Maider and Landon Crowley with P Paul McCafferty ... Mahoney, SS Duncan Ramler, C Asa Kline and 3B John-Michael Canton back ... (Lowell Catholic); John Hernandez, Jr ... (Monomoy); Paul McCafferty, Sr ... John Paul) ... John-Michael Canto, Jr.

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Ten things tenants should know in the new playing field

Irish Independent 02 May 2021

The coming months could see more tenant evictions and an increase in the number of landlords quitting the rental market as Covid restrictions ease and the toll of the pandemic becomes clearer ... Mark Keenan ... “Supply was a concern pre-Covid and it's a deeper concern now due to the impact of restrictions,” said Threshold CEO John-Mark McCafferty.

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Evictions from rental properties to resume amid homelessness fears

The Irish Times 23 Apr 2021

Threshold chief executive John-Mark McCafferty pointed to the numbers who have availed of the protection as he argued that the remaining protections for tenants are inadequate ... Mr McCafferty also said travel restrictions are still in place, making finding alternative accommodation ...

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Evictions from rental properties set to resume from today amid homelessness fears

The Irish Times 23 Apr 2021

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Government urged to reconsider lifting ban on evictions

RTE 12 Apr 2021

CEO John Mark McCafferty said most tenants will not be protected from a whole range of eviction scenarios ... Mr McCafferty pointed out that there are 467 households in Dublin facing eviction but only 653 rental properties available on Daft.ie for under €1,500 a month ... .

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Cow Creek tribe raises minimum wage

The Roseburg News-Review 11 Apr 2021

The Umpqua Indian Development Corp., the business division of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, has raised the minimum wage it will pay its workers to $14 per hour. The increase was implemented as of March 1. Before that, the minimum wage had been $11.50 an hour. The Umpqua Indian Development Corp ... president John McCafferty ... ....

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South Dublin tenants to be evicted after ‘reaching end of line’

The Irish Times 15 Mar 2021

A group of south Dublin tenants, including sick, older people and a child with special needs, face eviction next month after a four-year battle with two sets of corporate landlords. Some have lived at St Helen’s Court, a complex of 26 apartments in Dún Laoghaire, for almost 20 years ... Tom Honan ... John-Mark McCafferty, chief executive of Threshold, said.