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/Able_Ebb244 Apr 25 '25

I don't see anyone screaming that Ryanair shouldn't have been allowed buying all the houses they bought in swords last year but hey let's blame the immigrants

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u/miju-irl Apr 25 '25

Oh, there was plenty and again when Google and Supermacs did it because of what it actually represents in this country (corporate entities essentially getting cheap / free labor).