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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In Swords, a long-term tenant facing a no-reason eviction finds she’s far from alone
Her overseas landlord has issued notices to quit under the same law to some of her neighbours, and to residents of at least two other apartment complexes in the city.
Scandal, vacancy, occupation – and now maybe regeneration – at a Phibsboro social-housing complex
A council committee on 11 July backed transferring the James McSweeney House site to the charity Cabhrú so it can knock and rebuild it – with more homes.
In Belmayne apartment complex, social tenants blocked from amenities told they can’t pay to access them
“How do kids integrate in a community?” says Niamh Fox, one of the residents. “It’s just not right.”
In Inchicore, a plan to knock a market foreshadows big changes on the city’s edge
A developer has applied for planning permission to demolish the building now hosting the Jamestown Market, and build 128 apartments.
Growing number of big student housing complexes adding extra fees on top of the rent
Two of the city’s biggest providers now also have largely identical provisions around charges in contracts.
When Dublin City Council talks about affordable-purchase homes, what does that mean?
It has plans for 1,800 of them, and councillors will have to decide how it’s going to allocate them – whether it’s fastest fingers first or a lotto-style draw.
Council aims to deliver 1,150 new social homes in the city through public-private partnerships by 2026
This includes redeveloping Croke Villas, which was previously earmarked for redevelopment under a PPP deal that fell apart in 2008.
On Ballyfermot Road, residents complain about dust from a large construction site
“You are awake all night not being able to breathe and then the banging starts,” says June Byrne, who suffers from COPD.
In the south inner-city, the council plans to knock down, redesign and rebuild its Basin Street flat complex
Members of a residents’ committee say they’ve been told little about the plan, and what little they’re told seems to change from meeting to meeting with the council.
Outreach counted 180 people sleeping on the streets of Dublin in November. But the official report said there were only 91.
“Given that it is called a rough sleeper count most people would be surprised to find out that’s not what it is,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution.
In apartment complexes across the city, social tenants are segregated into separate blocks with barriers to access to amenities
“I think it’s wrong for the kids growing up,” says Dee Roche, who lives in Hamilton Gardens in Cabra. “It’s starting a divide among the kids.”
In Drimnagh, social tenants say their kids are blocked from the playground in their build-to-rent complex
There are wider questions, too, about who has access to the many communal amenities at The Davitt, at what price – and how that fits with planning rules.