Statement from spunout – December 2025

The housing crisis in Ireland is one of the defining social issues of our time, with an acute and intense impact on young people in particular. In this context, spunout has worked with The Housing Agency to offer practical advice to young people faced with no other option than moving back into the family home.

Unfortunately, this reflects the real-life concerns of many young people due to the housing crisis. Every day, we see huge numbers of young people accessing information content on spunout.ie on topics such as “What is Housing Assistance Payment?” and “What to do if you can’t pay your rent”.

All of the high-quality information that we share is driven by young people. At a consultation on housing and homelessness, young people expressed to us their need for reliable information on a range of difficult issues. In response to this, spunout has worked with members of our Youth Action Panel, in partnership with The Housing Agency, to create content dealing with topics such as supporting friends in homelessness and moving back in with family.

The impact of the housing crisis is far-reaching for Ireland’s young people. Lack of secure accommodation has serious implications for young people’s mental health, education, employment prospects and personal development. It makes it harder to take up job opportunities, attend college, form relationships, or build a stable life.

It is the role of spunout as a youth-led organisation to continue to provide factual, reliable, and non-judgemental information support to young people facing incredibly difficult housing circumstances.

It is the role of the Government to rapidly escalate the level of intervention in the housing market. spunout has advocated for this on numerous occasions, most recently in our 2026 Pre-Budget Submission which calls for a €4.1 billion investment in providing affordable housing and tackling youth homelessness.

As the housing crisis deepens for young people, spunout will continue to press for large-scale government action, while taking steps to inform and support young people facing difficult housing choices through no fault of their own.

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