More than 100 HAP tenants in Dublin lost their homes after poor conditions flagged
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
The HSE has filed a planning application for a new health-care centre at the Gulistan bring centre site.
The landlord argued that the renters in the Rathmines building were hotel guests and that they didn’t have exclusive occupation.
Grosvenor Lodge is so rundown that the council is looking at adding part of it to its derelict sites register.
It’s needed – some locals have been going to the local Garda station to get help filling out forms, says former Labour councillor Mary Freehill.
The landlord, who’s trying to turn the building into homeless accommodation, says he plans to appeal the decision.
“It’s usually disappointing for essentially a state organisation to be sitting on derelict properties. It’s a very bad look.”
Meanwhile, rooms in the complex are available to rent for the St Patrick’s Day weekend at €369 a night.
Under terms agreed when the council transferred the land to the HSE, the HSE was supposed to submit a planning application by October 2022.
Rathmines College could get classroom space at the former TU Dublin conservatory across the street, freeing up the concert hall for use again, they say.
The Rathmines Initiative is pitching ideas for Mountpleasant Avenue, Wynnefield Road, the firehouse area, and Leinster Cricket Club.
“We are going to be the new homeless,” says one. “I hope I’m wrong but I don’t see too many opportunities.”