The council wasn’t hiring a municipal walker, but she took the job anyway
Once a month since September 2022, artist Lian Bell has done a full circuit of the North and South Circular Roads, observing these 14km through the seasons.
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Momentum builds for replacement of rent pressure zones
Housing experts have begun to tease out and debate how a “reference rents” system might work.
On North Frederick Street, landlord has packed more bedrooms into house than planning permission allows
The house is number 34, famously occupied by Take Back the City in 2018.
Several apartments flagged by council for bad conditions in recent years have landlords registered to the same Portobello address
One area being looked at in a current government review of the rental sector is whether the regime to enforce basic standards is working.
It can be a lose-lose scenario for some tenants who ask the council to push their landlords to fix up substandard apartments
It can anger the landlord, and alert the council that it shouldn’t be paying to subsidise rent for such a place – and risk leaving the tenant homeless.
Government briefings include worry that lower-income renters could be priced out of “affordable” cost-rental homes
Rising costs of delivery pushed the government to open up schemes to higher-income renters – but with possible side effects.
Tenant questions contrast at RTB hearing between his treatment, and his landlord’s
Peter Byrne was refused an adjournment he asked for on medical grounds. His landlord, after saying it hadn’t had time to review the case, was granted one.
Living in poor conditions, a tenant in Rathmines has struggled to force fixes
Ciara Hill has lived without a working shower or toilet, with mould and a broken front door, and a lingering dread that she will end up back where she was a few years ago – homeless again.
Delays, mistakes and risk of data breaches at the RTB, according to Grant Thornton report
Some landlords and tenants who won tribunal cases were recorded as having lost, the report found.
Help us report: Do you rent, or have you rented, in Clancy Quay in Islandbridge?
If so, we’d be grateful if you would fill out a brief survey. We’re trying to build a solid understanding of how rents have changed at the complex over time.
Landlord behind Swords evictions has issued a steady drip of similar notices across its properties
Between October 2022 and June 2023, 89 households renting from subsidiaries of LRC RE-1 got similar notices, Residential Tenancies Board figures show.
Why were there about 5,000 vacant rental homes in Dublin city at the last census?
One possibility is that short-term lets are behind a big slice of these.
Census data raises questions about narrative that landlords are fleeing the market
There are more rented homes now than there were in 2016, it shows. Even as there are fewer registered tenancies, according to the Residential Tenancies Board.