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.
“I think it’s a good idea,” says Darach Ó Séaghdha, an Irish language activist, podcaster and author. “It will stop the bad translations happening.”
These were among the issues Fingal county councillors discussed at a recent meeting.
Local authorities should ensure that all vulnerable people have someone to rely on when trying to navigate the process, says a solicitor.
The HSE is working with the Land Development Agency and Fingal County Council on a plan for how best to use extra land and buildings there.
While the Land Development Agency is expected to start work on the site next year, Fingal County Council is trailing with the pool.
If so, we’d be grateful if you would fill out a brief survey. We’re trying to build a solid understanding of how rents have changed at the complex over time.
In the first half of this year, it built three social homes itself.
Between October 2022 and June 2023, 89 households renting from subsidiaries of LRC RE-1 got similar notices, Residential Tenancies Board figures show.
It has funding and plans in place for an old bank on North Circular Road and a former antiques showroom on Capel Street.
The council’s outgoing head of housing, Coilín O’Reilly, said that isn’t going to happen.
One possibility is that short-term lets are behind a big slice of these.
What might be needed to make them places for all, well into the future?