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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Report into vacant above-the-shop units finds that they are too expensive to be widely used for social homes
“Financially it worked out two to three times the cost of delivering a new unit,” said researcher Michelle Connolly, of Dublin Simon Community.
Dissolution of Digital Hub could leave lots of Thomas Street area property vacant – presenting a danger, and an opportunity
The government has ordered the transfer of the Hub’s campus to the Land Development Agency, but it only wants some of the land – and not for years.
Government briefings include worry that lower-income renters could be priced out of “affordable” cost-rental homes
Rising costs of delivery pushed the government to open up schemes to higher-income renters – but with possible side effects.
Vacancy Watch: Dublin Central Mission Building on Abbey Street, once a hub of community activity
It’s empty now and up for sale. Restoration works could cost millions, according to one estimate.
Tenant questions contrast at RTB hearing between his treatment, and his landlord’s
Peter Byrne was refused an adjournment he asked for on medical grounds. His landlord, after saying it hadn’t had time to review the case, was granted one.
Residents of council’s Oliver Bond flats worry they’ll be left for decades more with mould, damp and related health problems
The council is making smaller improvements now, while working towards a major regeneration sometime in the future. Residents say that’s just not good enough.
Government scheme to help medium-income renters leaves some to fall through gap
There’s a cohort earning too much for social housing, but too little to qualify for the Land Development Agency’s new cost-rental “affordable” housing schemes.
Fast-track planning rules won’t speed up regeneration of flat complex in Coolock, council officials say
The council began the process of regenerating Cromcastle Court in mid-2018. It doesn’t expect to start re-building this year.
Stern warnings working to tamp down anti-social behaviour in council housing, say officials
Councillors at a recent meeting said they still have concerns about how well the council is protecting tenants from neighbours engaged in serious intimidation and drug dealing.
“Guaranteed” prices for affordable homes at Ballymastone set to change
If the prices are higher than promised, “It will be a massive betrayal for the local community, for first-time buyers,” says Social Democrats Councillor Paul Mulville.
Council to accommodate families at €100,000 a year each, as it took on a 20-year lease with no get-out clause
The council has committed to pay at least €40m over that 20 years to rent Avalon House, after taking over the lease from the Peter McVerry Trust in 2020.
Delays, mistakes and risk of data breaches at the RTB, according to Grant Thornton report
Some landlords and tenants who won tribunal cases were recorded as having lost, the report found.