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.
An internal investigation said staff all knew how to handle data under data-protection legislation, and didn’t break those rules.
Activists in Ballymun are pressing for more clarity about what one of the government’s housing schemes means for them.
There are about 21,000 applicants on the social housing list in Dublin, and no plans to build enough homes for them. Here are the stories of two, who have been drifting, rootless, for years, hoping against hope.