Councillors say there’s been a stand-off between the council and the receiver at the apartment complex in Finglas over sorting out fire-safety issues.
Most of the small businesses on the block bounded by South Richmond Street, Harcourt Road, and Charlemont Street have closed in the last few months.
“We’ve been concerned about the idea of speculation and land hoarding,” John O’Hara, the council’s chief planner, told councillors. So they’re moving slowly.
There should be consequences for putting something unfit on the market – and advertising is part of that, says Fergal Scully of the Dublin Tenants’ Union.
The Supply Hub is not the only business in Doyle’s Corner that has had to leave its premises in the last few months. There’s a whole strip now that’s empty, or emptying out: 364 to 374 North Circular Road.
They want 334 homes on the land, rather than 100 homes.
The Corporate Housing Alliance has lobbied several TDs and Department of Housing officials in recent months in relation to short-term letting regulations.
People who stay in the “hubs” meant for homeless families aren’t tenants, so they don’t have the same protections as people in the private rental sector under the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).
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