As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
Hibernia REIT asked the council for a land swap or joint venture. A spokesperson said Tuesday that the company thought there was room for a more attractive development with more social homes.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council says it no longer plans to sell off the land – but the site is still excluded from a draft Traveller accommodation strategy.
The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) is drawing up a code of conduct for those it oversees – which will cover issues such as fees charged to tenants.
Some have been issued notices to leave, as company landlords want to renovate. Last week, several men went into one home and took the doors away with them.
Developers have to put up information websites so the public can learn about what’s planned. But some have code meant to keep them from showing up on search.
Dublin city councillors met recently to talk about who the council should prioritise if more people apply to buy “affordable” homes than there are affordable homes to buy.
Earlier this year we asked our readers what issues they wanted candidates running for Dublin City Council to talk about. Supplying homes was the issue they mentioned most often.
Planning documents list the many amenities in planned shared-living developments. But those living there may have fewer rights than renters in traditional homes.
Feelings of immense relief when Gail Kelly and Brian Bolger got access to a “respite” room were replaced by feelings of total hopelessness when they had to leave it.
An advert for the site, vacant for years, says a feasibility study displays “the potential for a student accommodation scheme comprising 285 bed spaces”.
Many homeless people struggle to navigate the baffling bureaucracy that stands between them and adequate shelter. Sometimes, because bureaucrats say they aren’t homeless.
