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The report from the Charities Regulator looked into allegations against Cabhru Housing Association Services (CHAS) and its CEO.
The draft policy suggests, among other measures, that the council consult local groups before offering new tenants a home in a community.
The average price tag for Dublin City Council has been €383,609 per home in recent times.
Curran says his life changed drastically after he and his family moved out of Dolphin House. “I always missed the flats, the sense of community,” he says.
Some have raised questions about whether AHBs respond proportionately to issues that come up. Some AHBs say they only move to end tenancies in extreme cases.
Shanganagh Castle is set to be one of the biggest public housing projects in Dublin once completed, however, questions about building standards loom over parts of the scheme.
For heritage reasons, and also environmental ones, Dublin City Council is working on a plan to improve rather than discard Ballybough House, designed by Herbert Simms, and built in 1938.
A closer look at three social-housing schemes, chosen at random, suggests delays are caused by both the Department of Housing and the council.
Some councillors worry that transferring council sites to these not-for-profit bodies to provide social homes on them could lead to privatisation. Is that valid?
At a council-owned complex near Queen Street that has been plagued for years by leaks and other maintenance issues, a large electricity supply box caught fire on 14 September.
Some say they don’t have the information they need around how the prices of “affordable homes” have been calculated, or the legality of changing tack.
Residents of Glovers Court have been asking the council for years to address the issues at the 1976-vintage flats. The council has been looking at ways to better insulate them.