Why don't councillors talk as much about homelessness at meetings anymore?
For years, homelessness was a standing item on the agenda at most housing committee meetings. But, recently it hasn’t featured as often.
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Fingal gets funding to keep anti-homelessness scheme moving
The Department of Housing has made available €6m to support second-hand home acquisitions, including under the tenant-in-situ scheme.
Government will have to shell out much more on rent subsidies after changes to rent controls, says housing advice charity
Otherwise, there could be near-catastrophic levels of homelessness, says Gareth Redmond, of Threshold.
Don’t push ahead with relaxing rules for beds in sheds, says Irish Planning Institute to government
The move would have “significant unintended consequences” and so the body “opposes this proposal”, it has said in its submission to a recent consultation.
Council takes step forward on redevelopment of Raheny seniors complex, despite holdouts refusing to leave
Dublin City Council on Monday approved the disposal of a site there for us as an ESB substation.
As the university year starts, lecturers are changing how they teach in response to the student accommodation crisis
Some are turning to longer, less frequent, classes – but there’s a pedagogical trade-off, says UCD lecturer Keith Wilson.
Renters in retirement villages should have unambiguous access to RTB, say charities for older people
“We don’t appear to have any regulations to cover people in that situation,” says Camille Loftus, head of advocacy for Age Action.
Look at converting some social homes in city-centre flats into cost-rentals, says Taoiseach’s group
No decision has been made on whether that will happen, a Dublin City Council spokesperson has said. But it hasn’t been ruled out.
RTB tribunal finds Tramco renters are licencees not tenants, overturning a previous decision
The landlord argued that the renters in the Rathmines building were hotel guests and that they didn’t have exclusive occupation.
A senior citizens complex in Raheny is due to be knocked and rebuilt – but some tenants are hanging on
The doors of the two-storey blocks at St Anne's Court are now boarded over. All doors, that is, but three.
Council rules that law allows Rathmines co-living to be used for some short-term holiday lets
“It seems crazy,” says Kieran Rose, a former council planner. “An aparthotel is a totally different use.”
Council details €30m plan to revamp Glovers Court flats, off Aungier Street
The project would retrofit the existing building, and add extensions, to increase the number of homes from 38 to 53.