More than 100 HAP tenants in Dublin lost their homes after poor conditions flagged
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
There are lessons to be learned from Amsterdam, London and Birmingham on how local authorities can effectively build lots of homes.
Instead of producing housing where need is greatest, our housing system is producing – by a multiple of three – development on the periphery of settlements.
“BusConnects gives Dublin an opportunity to make a democratic decision about where we want the value, which we have all created, to end up,” writes Joseph Kilroy.
Other cities are waking up to the connection between tech growth, inequality, and housing – and looking at how companies can step up to help.
“It is time to connect the dots, and stop the long arm of property assets reaching into the pockets of citizens,” writes Joseph Kilroy.