Now that the council has stopped taking horse manure, it's piling up in the Liberties
“So the council is allowing horses in Dublin City,” says horse owner David Mulraney. “But they’re not allowing them to put their horse manure anywhere.”
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Tenants in poor conditions across the city complain about the same property manager
They’ve pleaded for Martin Property Consultants to deal properly with leaking sewage, mould, cracked walls, and dripping ceilings.
Council Briefs: Pushing for faster housing in Dunsink, pop-up CCTV, and interrogating delivery drones
Here’s a sample of what came up at a recent council meeting for the Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Castleknock and Ongar areas.
More than 5 percent of Traveller households in Dublin are living in emergency homeless accommodation
“The private rental market is not a solution to the housing crisis, most particularly for Travellers. Councils are also failing to deliver.”
Dublin tech company appeals council’s refusal to let it install sleeping pods in its city-centre office building
Councillors say what’s needed in the city is more affordable housing, not sleeping pods in offices.
Coliving in Rathmines, pitched as part of solution to housing crisis, is being used for tourists
“A planning enforcement file will be opened and investigations will be carried out,” a council spokesperson says.
Did the CSO underestimate the number of illegally unregistered tenancies?
It suggested that a major chunk of unregistered tenancies are possibly ”informal” and don’t have to be registered. Does that bear out?
If an “affordable” home on council land in Coolock costs €500,000, how much will rents be for 340 cost-rentals?
“Is it going to put the cost rental scheme in jeopardy?” asks independent Councillor John Lyons, after price hikes.
Renovating old social homes, Iveagh Trust says it can’t afford to put in double glazing
There should be a special funding stream for housing charities retrofitting older homes, said a spokesperson for the sector.
The RTB found against a corporate landlord that added parking charges to sitting tenant’s rent
What’s the government doing to stop landlords from using extra charges to circumvent rent-pressure zone laws? Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan has asked.
Hundreds of affordable homes held up because of funding woes, says not-for-profit developer
If Ó Cualann got the same deal with the state as commercial developer Batra did recently, it could crack on with building, says its CEO.
To get more housing built faster, the government brought in a fast-track planning process – but the council has only used it twice
It allows a council to skip applying to itself for planning permission via the so-called Part 8 process, when building social or affordable housing on public land.
Time for government to direct councils to make sure council tenants have access to amenities in private complexes, TDs say
Last year, tenants in Drimnagh and Cabra said they had been barred from communal facilities. Now, tenants in a new Liberties complex are finding the same.