Vacancy Watch: a big site near Fatima Luas stop
Even as the government casts around for new land to zone for homes, it is unclear when this plot will be built out.
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Plans for social housing on site in Howth put on hold due to cost increases, council says
Maybe it’s time to go back to an earlier plan to make the site into a proper park, a local councillor says.
RTB rules eviction notices sent to tenants in Rathmines’ Tramco building were invalid
The landlord, who’s trying to turn the building into homeless accommodation, says he plans to appeal the decision.
Five months on, council yet to rule on legality of short-term lets in Rathmines co-living
Meanwhile, rooms in the complex are available to rent for the St Patrick’s Day weekend at €369 a night.
Momentum builds for replacement of rent pressure zones
Housing experts have begun to tease out and debate how a “reference rents” system might work.
On North Frederick Street, landlord has packed more bedrooms into house than planning permission allows
The house is number 34, famously occupied by Take Back the City in 2018.
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.
In Portrane, residents of HSE-owned cottages fear for their future
The HSE isn’t maintaining them well, or doing necessary upgrades – maybe it’s time it hands them over to the council, tenants and local councillors say.
Is it time for a referendum on a right to housing? the Oireachtas housing committee debated last week
An inter-departmental group is going to have a think about it, and make recommendations in the first half of 2025, a Department of Housing spokesperson said.
Why is one of Ireland’s biggest landlords evicting so many of its tenants?
Figures suggest that Luxembourg fund LRC RE-1 has been issuing eviction notices at a much higher rate than peers – and at a greater rate than in the sector overall.
In Ballymun, plans called for developers to build high-density private homes – but large swathes of land remain vacant
It’s time to shift strategies, some say, and ramp up lower-density affordable-purchase housing there instead.
Vacancy Watch: The site in front of the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ballymun
Surrounded by hoardings, “this site seriously detracts from the centre and from the main street of Ballymun”, says Fianna Fáil Councillor Keith Connolly.
Council officials present plans to retrofit flat complexes in south inner-city
At a recent meeting, they detailed plans to modernise Glovers Court, and part of Pearse House, without tearing them down.