The full council is set to vote in June on the plan to rejuvenate the square in line with its Georgian heritage, following 196 submissions to a public consultation.
“We chose to buy this site to try to create affordable housing for normal people,” wrote the developer in a letter to a local councillor in September 2017.
A motion asking the lord mayor to end her patronage of the Artane School of Music will come back before the full council next month, says independent Councillor Mannix Flynn.
There are two-bed homes renting for €935 a month as part of a cost-rental scheme in Balbriggan, and for €1,100 in Cork city. But nothing yet in Dublin city.
“I believe this application is the definition of developer-led planning,” said Fine Gael Councillor Ray McAdam, at a meeting of the Central Area Committee on 22 July.
The government’s draft Affordable Housing Bill sets out rules for this type of affordable housing, and it leaves room for private investors and developers.
Car-parking fees and service charges are why it looks like rents have gone up 59–85 percent in less than four years in some apartments in the south inner-city.
Have you moved homes since December 2016? We’re working on a story about changes in rent levels between tenancies, and – if you have a few minutes to spare – we’d really appreciate your help.
Part of the government’s argument for encouraging company landlords to buy into Ireland is that it will “professionalise” the market. Some tenants for one big landlord say that’s not their experience.
Tetrarch Capital wants the government to “mandate and fund” approved housing bodies to lease homes for affordable rentals from the private sector. But not everybody thinks it’s a good idea.
“Members emphasised the importance of differentiating this scheme from other co-living schemes which have received negative media attention,” say meeting minutes from June 2019. The idea was dropped, said an LDA spokesperson.
