About One Million Homes
One Million Homes is an independent, data-driven project focused on Ireland's housing shortfall. We look at where delivery is failing, where it is working, and what that means for people trying to build a life here.
In the Media
New housing data tool reveals stark regional disparities — from 1,800+ year waits in parts of Dublin to under a decade elsewhere.
11 March 2026
The Last Word with Matt Cooper discusses the new housing data tool and what the wait-time figures mean for communities.
11 March 2026
The Hard Shoulder discusses the new tool calculating how long it would take first-time buyers to get a home in their area.
11 March 2026
Castleisland and Listowel rank among Ireland's worst areas for new-home wait times.
12 March 2026
Celbridge faces a 337-year wait — only 17 homes built last year for 5,741 people who need them.
13 March 2026
North Cork profile: nearly 10,000 without homes and a 43-year wait in the Fermoy Municipal District.
16 January 2026 Drogheda LifeDrogheda Rural leads Ireland with an 8-year wait — the fastest home building rate in the country, with Louth up 24% in 2025.
20 March 2026Why One Million?
Ireland's young are 2m 18-44's and many more who moved away in the last 20 years and many wish to return to communities; it requires one million homes in the next decade to meet the existing demand from the planned undersupply of the last decade which saw about 750,000 net new jobs and only c200,000 new homes (or c550,000 homes below demand from new jobs), and the additional demand from the c750-1m extra jobs created in the next decade.
With every new home comes 2 kids, resulting in further demand in the decade thereafter.
Or, each decade requires 1m homes, creating 2m kids in parishes, which then sees 2m homes a generation resulting in 4m in the next generation. Or 6m added to generations over 20 years; 2m jobs, 4m kids.
By 2045, that could see 8m people in Ireland, 4.5m homes (the EU average of 50 homes per 100), 6m young under the age of 45, and 4m under 18.
A young, vibrant country with a young population with high ownership in 18-44's and sustainable, growing rural, towns, villages + parishes.
Why this exists
Ireland does not have a single housing crisis. It has dozens of local ones.
They unfold at different speeds, have varying causes, and affect people in different ways. National averages flatten those differences.
This project exists to make those differences visible.
What we do
We compile and publish local-authority-level data on housing need, delivery, and trends over time.
We pay particular attention to areas that are persistently under-performing relative to need, as well as areas that are doing better than expected. What is working? What isn't?
Independence and stance
We treat housing supply as a practical problem: something that can be measured, compared, and improved. Transparency is a prerequisite for that.
Who is behind it?
The project is run by a small group of analysts and engineers based in Ireland, working independently.
We care about housing because it shapes everything that follows: family formation, labour mobility, community stability, and long-term economic health.
An open invitation
If you work in a local authority, a housing body, or hold data we should be using, we would love to hear from you.
If you disagree with our analysis, then we would love to hear from you too - accuracy and clarity are very important to us.
Open Data Pack
All the processed data behind this site is available for download. Use it for research, journalism, policy analysis, or your own projects.
If you use this data, please cite: One Million Homes (2026). Housing supply and access data for Ireland. onemillionhomes.ie
Boundary Files (TopoJSON)
All data is CC BY 4.0. Full source documentation in the methodology file.