#397 Three Bedrooms, One Pensioner: Fair or Selfish?

The Niall Boylan Podcast (They Told Me To Shut Up) · Apr 30, 2025 · 1h 50m

In this episode, Niall asks: Should older people living alone in three-bedroom council houses be required to downsize to make way for younger families?

As Ireland’s housing crisis deepens, the question of how social housing is allocated has sparked a new debate. With growing numbers of families stuck in emergency accommodation and a severe shortage of larger homes, is it reasonable to ask elderly tenants to move into smaller properties when their housing needs have changed? Or is it unfair to expect someone to leave the home they’ve lived in for decades?

Some callers think it’s a necessary…