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.
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As Dublin City Council restarts buying second-hand homes to tackle homelessness, who will be prioritised?
The council is to partially restart its tenant-in-situ scheme, said officials, but mainly focus on buying second-hand homes for long-term homeless families.
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.
In a shared house in Beaumont, renters faced mould, fees, and a forced exit
Leevin Ireland says that the property wasn’t being looked after well by some of the renters – and it’s important to consider the wider market to understand how it manages properties.
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.
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.
The government announced new plans for rent controls, but where are the plans to enforce them?
In a letter earlier this year, the director of the Residential Tenancies Board flagged issues with its current ability to enforce the law.
With their funding halved, Fingal councillors join chorus begging for more money for tenant-in-situ scheme
“I just cannot get over that they didn’t maintain the same level of funding at a minimum, because it’s a bloody great scheme,” says Fine Gael Councillor Tom O’Leary, of the homelessness-prevention scheme.
Time and again, long-term tenants evicted and their homes turned into homeless accommodation
A spokesperson for the Dublin Region Homeless Executive said its priority was “to ensure there is an adequate provision of accommodation for people experiencing homelessness”.
RTB is working on a new IT system to process disputes between landlords and tenants
This comes a few years after it rolled out a previous IT system that was supposed to include this function, among others, and went millions over budget.
RTB rules eviction notices sent to tenants in Rathmines’ Tramco building were invalid
The landlord, who’s trying to turn the building into homeless accommodation, says he plans to appeal the decision.
Five months on, council yet to rule on legality of short-term lets in Rathmines co-living
Meanwhile, rooms in the complex are available to rent for the St Patrick’s Day weekend at €369 a night.