Draft Kylemore masterplan disrespects the city’s oldest Traveller site, say reps
For a start, it shouldn’t allow for up to 15 storeys over the road from the bungalows of Labre Park, says the coordinator of Ballyfermot Travellers Action Project.
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Draft Kylemore masterplan disrespects the city’s oldest Traveller site, say reps
For a start, it shouldn’t allow for up to 15 storeys over the road from the bungalows of Labre Park, says the coordinator of Ballyfermot Travellers Action Project.
Looking ahead, Dublin City Council starts to map where the next decade’s housing should go
One outstanding question, though, is whether any of the sites it identifies will be earmarked for Traveller accommodation.
Council outlines plans to get moving again on 2,000 homes stalled by central government u-turn
The Department of Housing was reviewing whether it was good value to develop them under public private partnership. It isn’t, it decided.
In Ringsend, 176 new social homes sit empty due to funding paperwork delays
There are over 1,000 households on the council’s social housing lists for the area.
RTB still can’t compel landlords to lower rent if investigators spot illegal hikes
Changes to make it possible were to be included in a new law, when first announced. But they were dropped.
Dublin City Council pulls offers of social homes in Finglas development
Why it has retreated from a deal to lease the homes is a point of dispute.
Will new rent rules increase supply and reduce rents – or will developers drip-feed to avoid that?
Investors work on modelling, says Joseph Kilroy. “Its not necessarily in their shareholders' interests to be driving down the cost of rent.”
Councillors want sight again of who gets social housing in their areas, amid confusion about how lists work
“There is just so much confusion,” says Sarah Lawless, who has been on the housing list for 20 years. “The whole system doesn’t make sense.”
Despite objections, Fingal councillors approve Fortlawn housing redevelopment
The council’s plan includes demolishing four homes in the D15 housing estate, and building 21 new ones. It’s the planned demolitions that have drawn protests.
In justifying its plan to abandon its Wood Quay HQ, council refuses to show its homework
It's generally more environmentally friendly to renovate existing buildings than to abandon them to the wrecking ball, but other public organisations could follow suit.
Why are 200 homes in Crumlin and Inchicore taking so long to build?
They’re the kinds of sites that recent government measures have been intended to accelerate.
In Coolock, a long-awaited regeneration of social homes draws nearer
The remaining residents in Cromcastle Court have been living under the shadow of regeneration for years.