As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
Last week, at the North Central Area Committee, councillors got sight of plans for a development of 853 homes at the Oscar Traynor Road site in Coolock.
In April, the developers behind luxury apartments One Springfield Park went into receivership. In recent weeks the funder for the project, Cullaun Capital, closed up too.
Circle Voluntary Housing Association and Tuath Housing Association have been selected to manage the planned cost-rental development at O’Devaney Gardens.
Some councillors are excited about the potential for homes to be built quickly, but others worry that if they hand over the land to the LDA that some of it could be privatised.
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Dublin City Council said that they would consider applications to convert student accommodation to co-living accommodation.
Parkview in Ballymun appears to be one of Dublin’s last ghost estates. The construction of almost 300 homes stalled midway following the 2008 property crash.
In light of social distancing, the RTB is expected to switch from holding adjudication hearings at which landlords and tenants can both be present, to assessing their cases as submitted on paper.
Some said they were surprised with how sound their landlords had been, agreeing to reductions with no friction and great understanding. Others, though, described trickier negotiations.
