Tusla says it's an offence to run an unregistered children’s home, but it places children in them anyways
So how does it square the circle?
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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.
Council tenants often face poor conditions, so is there a better way to fund the maintenance of social housing?
“We need to know where we can find this funding to make people’s living conditions decent – because it is our human rights,” says Gayle Cullen, chair of the Oliver Bond Residents Group.
In arguing they shouldn’t be liable for a new tax, owners of Inchicore’s Black Horse Inn say it’s in use as a pub
The building’s been boarded up since at least 2018.
As farmers and developers push back, and elections approach, government delays implementation of land tax meant to spur housing
“You’ve got to question the government’s resolve,” Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan says. “They don’t seem to be showing much resolve.”
Vacancy Watch: Two Stoneybatter homes have been sitting vacant for years, despite council threats to CPO them
“With the housing crisis as it is – it seems insane that the council allows this,” says local resident Stuart Smith.
Help us report: Do you rent, or have you rented, in Clancy Quay in Islandbridge?
If so, we’d be grateful if you would fill out a brief survey. We’re trying to build a solid understanding of how rents have changed at the complex over time.
Fingal County Council builds few homes itself – relying instead on buying most social homes from private developers
In the first half of this year, it built three social homes itself.
Vacancy Watch: In Inchicore, a former youth club has sat vacant and derelict for years
Grotto House, on Tyrconnell Road, is now owned by Pathway Homes. A director said the company has plans for the site, but didn’t say what they are.
Landlord behind Swords evictions has issued a steady drip of similar notices across its properties
Between October 2022 and June 2023, 89 households renting from subsidiaries of LRC RE-1 got similar notices, Residential Tenancies Board figures show.