Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
Housing
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Some Big Student-Housing Complexes Fail to Properly Register Any Tenancies with the RTB
A spokesperson for the Residential Tenancies Board says that those who fail to register face late fees and possibly fines.
Councillors Discuss Plans for 543 New Social and Cost-Rental Homes at St Teresa’s Gardens
Many raised concerns about how affordable the cost-rental homes would be, given rising construction costs and interest rates.
No Mention of Traveller Housing as Council Sells Half of Mount Anville Site
For years, the council promised new Traveller accommodation on some of the site. Now the plan is for half to host a gaelscoil, the other half housing – but of what kind?
Council Briefs: Making Social Homes Safer, and Seeking Interest in Developing Central Ballymun Site
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their April monthly meeting on Monday.
In Inchicore, Plans for Flagship Public Housing Project Now Include More Homes, a Library, and Supermarket
While delayed, the project on Emmet Road at St Michael’s Estate is inching forward, and the current plans show 548 cost-rental and social homes – up from 484 last year.
In Cabra, Owners of Long-Vacant Pub Propose Building 117 Rental Apartments on Site
The owners had earlier planned to build student housing there, but changed their minds and left the run-down pub vacant for years.
It Takes Government, On Average, More Than Two Years to Approve Plans for Social Homes – Instead of One
A recent review suggests ways to speed up the process including standard design layouts, fast-tracking some projects and improving communication.
At Current Pace, Retrofitting the City’s Social Houses Would Take 12 Years
Dublin City Council has already retrofitted 77 percent of its houses. (That’s not including flats.) Councillors want the money to speed it all up.
Show the Sites You’ll Use for Promised Traveller Housing, Planning Regulator Tells Dublin City Council
If the council can find land for deals with private developers, “why can’t it be found for Traveller homes?” asks Shay L’Estrange of the Ballyfermot Travellers Action Project.
Council Briefs: Build-to-Rent in Finglas, Licensing Big Events, No Affordable Zoning
Councillors were generally sceptical of plans for 321 build-to-rent homes on a plot in an industrial estate in Jamestown Road in Finglas.
A Year on From a Big “Reset”, Some Say There’s Still Been Little Progress on Traveller Homes in the City
“They talk about progress but there isn’t really any progress, in my opinion,” says a residents’ representative, Sally Flynn.
Vacancy Watch: Two Georgian Houses on Fairview Strand
The owners have a plan to redevelop the site, and wanted to demolish the two houses, but the council told them they couldn’t.