It was July 4, 2018, and the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy was just over a year into his new role. Public opinion had not yet turned against Murphy; it was the following year before he would face his first vote of no confidence in the Dail. Murphy was still enthusiastic that he could fix the housing crisis, and one of the schemes he championed was called Mortgage to Rent. Under the much-heralded scheme, the state selected a new company called Home for Life Ltd to work with local authorities in an effort to provide a badly needed long-term solution…

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