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.
Some have been issued notices to leave, as company landlords want to renovate. Last week, several men went into one home and took the doors away with them.
Developers have to put up information websites so the public can learn about what’s planned. But some have code meant to keep them from showing up on search.
Earlier this year we asked our readers what issues they wanted candidates running for Dublin City Council to talk about. Supplying homes was the issue they mentioned most often.
Planning documents list the many amenities in planned shared-living developments. But those living there may have fewer rights than renters in traditional homes.
In October 2014, Dublin City Council owned 25,825 social homes. By January 2019, that figure had fallen to 24,503.
At Monday’s monthly meeting, councillors voted down the idea of relaxing rules around homes in back gardens, and railed against recent building heights changes.
In this episode, we’re asking: why aren’t we building the right homes for people? To answer that question, we’ll have to talk about land.
In this episode: short-term lets and student accommodation, which aren’t the reasons for Dublin’s housing crisis, but do tell us a few things about its nature.
There’s more people renting now in Dublin than at any time in recent history, and they’re paying more for less. This episode looks at the city’s rental sector, and those squeezed into it.
If you’re sick of the finger-pointing, and drowning in the minutiae, join us as we take a deep breath and a step back and look at how we got here, what’s gone wrong, and where we’re going.
They want 334 homes on the land, rather than 100 homes.
The Corporate Housing Alliance has lobbied several TDs and Department of Housing officials in recent months in relation to short-term letting regulations.