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Housing
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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.
Council Briefs: Who Controls Iveagh Markets, and Restoring a Buffer Against Homelessness
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their January monthly meeting on Monday.
Council Seeks to Limit What Share of New Homes in Some City Neighbourhoods Can Be Studios and One-Beds
The move is based on research predicting a falling share of one-person households in the Liberties and the north inner-city.
Council Briefs: Safer Communities in Council Housing, and Zoning for Affordable Housing
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their housing committee.
On Dorset Street, Council Pushes Forward with Regeneration of a Long-Neglected Housing Complex
The plans call for the current 113 old homes, many of which are now empty and boarded up, to be replaced with 163 new ones.