What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
Meanwhile, rooms in the complex are available to rent for the St Patrick’s Day weekend at €369 a night.
Housing experts have begun to tease out and debate how a “reference rents” system might work.
The house is number 34, famously occupied by Take Back the City in 2018.
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 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.
Rising costs of delivery pushed the government to open up schemes to higher-income renters – but with possible side effects.
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.
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.
Some landlords and tenants who won tribunal cases were recorded as having lost, the report found.
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.
Between October 2022 and June 2023, 89 households renting from subsidiaries of LRC RE-1 got similar notices, Residential Tenancies Board figures show.
One possibility is that short-term lets are behind a big slice of these.