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.
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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.
Government plans to introduce standardised national social-housing rents
At the moment councils set their own rents for their tenants, and there's a lot of variation.
As council plans new town for Dunsink, how does the old landfill there fit in?
The plans envision it as a park, not a site for housing. Environmental monitoring reports detail its impacts on surface water and ground water, as well as the gases it is emitting.
As locals wrestle with details of big plan for Dunsink, city councillors call for more time to consult
Dublin city councillors say outreach about the major project has been to residents in the Fingal County Council area – leaving locals in affected city neighbourhoods, such as Finglas, without a proper voice.
Dublin City Council is grappling with how to meet new government target for delivering social and affordable homes
The council's current pipeline shows about 11,000 new homes in the works from 2027 to 2030 so far, well short of the target of 19,400.
During heatwave, building manager warns Cork Street tenants not to open windows too far to cool their homes
Some tenants had been disconnecting window restrictors put in to keep people from falling out windows, which are required under building regulations, an email from the building manager said.
After builder goes into liquidation, Crumlin social housing project stalls out
The council should acquire the site and fast-track its development, Independents 4 Change Councillor Pat Dunne proposed a recent council committee meeting.
As prominent site in Kilmainham sits vacant, council liable for tens of thousands in fines
A housing charity had planning permission to build 11 apartments there, but that project fizzled out in 2024. Why?
If Dublin City Council had more than 3% of its staff working in housing delivery, would more homes get built in the city?
The County and City Management Association is "preparing a business case for the Department of Housing for additional staff for Housing Delivery across all local authorities”, a council spokesperson said.
Keep fences and gates around Liberties apartment complex for now, council tells owner
The owner of Grand Canal Harbour shouldn't have installed the barriers, the council had said. But it decided they could have them for three years.
Land Development Agency publishes plans for more than 560 homes in the abandoned heart of Ballymun
It's running a public consultation on the scheme at the moment, with a drop-in event at Axis Ballymun on 15 July.
Why are car parks, with planning for 1,500 homes, exempt from tax meant to accelerate building?
With their eyes on three sites, Fingal County Councillors agreed to write to the Minister for Housing to ask him to change the rules.