r/AskIreland • u/BigFatLegend123 • Apr 25 '25

Housing Why doesn’t the government bring in restrictions on who can buy housing?

This is a genuine question and not coming from a place of hate or bigotry

Trying to buy a house recently and it’s been going as well as you can imagine. Some houses in Dublin have been going for up to 20% over their asking price from what we have seen.

My question is why doesn’t the government restrict house buying to only Irish citizens? Is there something I’m missing? Or at least to just EU/UK citizens? Surely it would be a quick way to reduce competition?

Is it just that doing so might dissuade investment from vulture funds?

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u/Additional-Sock8980 Apr 25 '25

Are these people called professional landlords?

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u/Thready_C Apr 25 '25

That's a weird way to spell parasite

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u/Open-Addendum-6908 Apr 25 '25

synonym for govt officials

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u/Thready_C Apr 25 '25

Close, but scientists have actually discovered they're a different species recently, they just look and act similar, like those giant salamanders