Overview
- The department removed the video from its social channels at the request of the young participants, citing negative commentary and a duty to protect their welfare and privacy.
- Produced by the State's Housing Agency with youth group SpunOut, the short clip offered guidance for adults returning to live with parents, including suggestions on house rules, rent and chores.
- Housing Minister James Browne said a well‑intentioned official reposted the video and called that decision misconceived, stressing there was no broader departmental campaign.
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin defended the piece as a genuine initiative by external organisations and reiterated the Government’s focus on increasing housing supply under its plan.
- Opposition figures labeled the episode patronising, with critiques from Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty, Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne, People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett and others highlighting wider housing policy failures.