In the north inner-city, tenants of 15 years evicted so council can buy their home
Dublin City Council is buying 40 homes in the Northbank apartments. It is not clear how many tenants have been evicted for the deal to proceed.
“The use of fireworks has a detrimental effect on humans and their pets,” said a motion from Fianna Fáil Councillor Deirdre Heney that the committee backed.
The works could take years, so in the meantime the Victorian building should be used for cultural events, says Social Democrats Councillor Cat O’Driscoll.
Since the RTB won’t hear a case unless it knows the landlord’s full name, his tenants struggled to get their complaints about him heard.
Henry Construction project manager Michael O’Regan says: “Everything we have done, from day one here, is compliant.”
Slievecourt DAC got planning permission in 2019 for a 9-storey office building – and another one in August this year.
They also voted to stop giving owners of vacant commercial properties a discount on their rates.
“We are going to be the new homeless,” says one. “I hope I’m wrong but I don’t see too many opportunities.”
There are other kinds of hostels or rooms for families, but those living there say they don’t get the same supports.
Dublin City Council spent around €510,000 to build a two-bedroom home but it bought similar homes from private developers for €360,000.
Department of Housing figures show around 200 built in the Dublin City Council area in the first half of 2022 – but 138 of those weren’t finished until months later.
But council housing manager Coilín O’Reilly says there isn’t a scheme through which it can do that.
Previously, the council could not fine or prosecute someone for illegal dumping using an image of their face from CCTV that caught them in the act.