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Threshold presses for housing reform by lobbying politicians whether in the Dáil or Local Authorities, by making presentations at forums attended by policy makers and by campaigning in alliances with other like-minded organisations. 

We use our research findings and our experience helping people with housing problems to make our case for reforms.  Our key messages are delivered through press releases which are posted on this site.

Threshold Pre-Budget Submission 2010

Threshold Annual Report 2008 (21 September 2009)

Threshold Annual Report 2008 (extended web version)

Complete List of Threshold Publications:

• Threshold Annual Report 2007 (7th October 2008)
• Threshold Annual Report 2006 (October 2007)
• Pre-budget Submission 2008 (October 2007)
• Keystone - Threshold Newsletter Issue 4 (December 2006)
• Keystone - Threshold Newsletter Issue 3 (October 2006)
• Threshold Annual Report 2005 (September 2006)
• Keystone - Threshold Newsletter Issue 2 (December 2005)
• Threshold Annual Report 2004
• Keystone - Threshold Newsletter Issue 1 (September 2005)
• Seeking a Home on Rent Supplement: Experience in Cork City in 2004
• Opportunity Knocks?: Institutional Investment in the Private Rented Sector in Ireland (December 2004) 
• Threshold Annual Report 2003
• Housing Access For All? An Analysis of Housing Strategies and Homeless Action Plans (2002)
• Threshold Review: 25 years bridging the gap between housing and homelessness (2003)
• Rent Supplement: A social policy report (2002)
• Accommodation Disadvantage: A study to identify women’s accommodation experiences, useful data sources and major research gaps (2002)
• Housing Rights – A New Agenda? Conference papers (2002)
• Who Wants to be a Landlord? A profile of landlords in Dublin City (2001)
• Estate Management  and Anti-Social Behaviour in Dublin (2000)
• The Private Rented Sector in the 21st Century – Policy Choices (2000)
• Private Rented Housing - Issues & Options (1999)
• New Realities in Irish Housing - a Study on Housing Affordability and the Economy (1998)
• As Safe As Houses? The Nature, Extent and Experience of Debt in the Irish Housing System (1997)
• Behind Open Doors: Out of Court Options for Housing Debt Cases (1996)
• Vetting the Letting: A Report on the Practices of Accommodation Agencies in Ireland (1995)
• Claiming Rent Supplement: Theory and Practice in Cork City (1994)
• Resolving Landlord and Tenant Disputes: Are Rental Deposit Boards the Answer? (1993)
• Home Sweet Home: A study of rented housing in Cork after the ending of Rent Control (1989)
• Policy Consequences: A Study of the £5,000 Surrender Grant in the Dublin Area (1987)
• Private Rented: The Forgotten Sector (1982)

Some Recent Submissions and Position Papers:

• Pre-Budget Submission 2007 (October 2006)
• Pre-Budget Submission to DSFA on Rent Supplement 2007
• Pre-Budget Submission 2006 
• Submission to Review of Homelessness - An Integrated Strategy (February 2005)
• Pre-Budget Submission 2005
• Submission on Operation of Rental Accommodation Scheme (October 2004)
• Joint Submission to Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government re Social and Affordable Housing Action Plans (May 2004)
• Joint Submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment re Integrated Homelessness Strategy (May 2004)
• Recommended Amendments to the Residential Tenancies Bill (January 2004)
• Joint Position on Rent Supplement Changes:  Reform not Retreat on Rent Supplement (December 2003)
• Pre Budget Submission 2004 (November 2003)
• Residential Tenancies Bill (September 2003)
• Submissions to The All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution Study of Private Property Rights (May 2003 and September 2003)
• Joint Submission to the Minister of Social & Family Affairs on the National Action Plan Against Poverty and Social Inclusion 2003/2005 (April 2003)

For further information please contact:
Threshold Research Unit,
21 Stoneybatter,
Dublin 7.
Tel: 01 678 6310
email: kevin@threshold.ie