As the government blocks funding for major social-housing projects, FF and FG councillors point fingers at ministers
As many as 1,325 social homes in Dublin city are at an advanced stage, with planning granted – but now with no clear funding.
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Vacancy Watch: The many plans for the St Andrew’s Court flats
The council’s current target is to knock and build new social homes on the site in the heart of the south-inner city by early 2028.
Housing Briefs: Auditor flags overspending on “rapid-build” homes, and the council plans to build 167 social homes in Grangegorman
At one site, on Bonham Street, 57 “rapid-build” homes took almost four years to build and cost 51 percent more than originally agreed, an auditor’s report says.
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.
Amount Dublin City Council has had to pay out to its tenants for mould and damp in their homes has doubled
Solicitor Peter Boyle said he thinks many more tenants have strong cases they could take against the council, based on the mould and damp they are living with
Unable to keep her son safe in their home, a mother asked the council for a safer one – and it said no
Erika Dunne’s six-year-old son Ben has autism, a learning disability, and is nonverbal, and she needed a home she could adapt to keep him from hurting himself.
Councillors call on officials to bring back architects for flagship Inchicore housing scheme
The council’s outgoing head of housing, Coilín O’Reilly, said that isn’t going to happen.
In Belmayne apartment complex, social tenants blocked from amenities told they can’t pay to access them
“How do kids integrate in a community?” says Niamh Fox, one of the residents. “It’s just not right.”
In Drimnagh, social tenants say their kids are blocked from the playground in their build-to-rent complex
There are wider questions, too, about who has access to the many communal amenities at The Davitt, at what price – and how that fits with planning rules.
The council sets annual targets for dealing with its tenants’ maintenance requests – but can’t track if it’s meeting them
Unlike private-rental tenants, there’s no independent body for tenants renting directly from the council to complain to if their landlord isn’t meeting its obligations.
Council Briefs: Greening the North Inner-City, and Redeveloping Constitution Hill
These were two of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their Central Area Committee on Tuesday.
The Council Should Move Long-Term Homeless People Up the List to Get Social Homes Quicker, Some Say
“They have got to use the social housing that is currently available to get people out of homelessness, otherwise we are banjaxed.”
Plans for 1,000 New Homes in Cherry Orchard Welcome, But Services and Amenities Required Too, Locals Say
There are long waiting lists for childcare places, doctors and mental-health services, says Fiona Carney, interim CEO of FamiliBase.