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Irish millennials and Gen Zers are being hit hard by the housing crisis. Many more are moving back in with their parents.

Blooming trees in Dublin city center during the COVID-19 lockdown.Artur Widak/Getty ImagesIncreasing numbers of young Irish adults live with their parents.A severe housing affordability crisis is to blame.Rents in Ireland jumped 84% between 2010 and 2022, far more than the EU average.Housing has become so unaffordable in Ireland that younger people are increasingly moving back in with their parents — or never leaving their childhood homes, to begin with.According to the 2022 Irish census, 41% of people between 18 and 34 years old lived with their parents — a nearly 10% increase from about a decade ago.

 

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