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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Vacancy Watch: 80 Thomas Street, once a shop and home, now just holding up a billboard
It “breaks my heart whenever I pass it”, says John Walsh, who grew up there. The council says it’s in the process of buying the property.
RTB calls for change to law to help it track down hard-to-find landlords to resolve disputes and battle illegal evictions
When the Residential Tenancies Board cannot identify the landlord that “impacts all dispute and regulatory functions of the RTB”.
Council lays out state of plans to renovate and retrofit many of its flat complexes
Dublin City Council is assessing all of its 199 flat complexes and will use the data gathered to prioritise works, says the council housing manager.
RTB has proposed giving Gardaí powers to arrest anyone illegally evicting a tenant
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien had asked the RTB to look at how the state could improve its response to illegal evictions.
Despite denials, emails suggest data on notices to quit was shared with the Minister for Housing before the eviction ban was lifted
It wasn’t until after cabinet had decided to lift it that the public learnt the full extent of how many households had eviction notices.
In Drumcondra, five apartments built without planning permission were used as short-term lets
A council inspector said the homes were “substandard on almost every metric”.
New social-housing complex on Fishamble Street should be named after Dr Noel Browne, councillors say
Peter McVerry Trust has plans to build 10 social homes on a long derelict council-owned site, for an estimated €4.3 million.
No cost-rental homes under construction in Dublin city
A Dublin City Council report suggests just 75 cost-rental homes will be built in its area by the council, LDA and AHBs between now and the end of 2024. And that may be an overestimate.
The council sets annual targets for dealing with its tenants’ maintenance requests – but can’t track if it’s meeting them
Unlike private-rental tenants, there’s no independent body for tenants renting directly from the council to complain to if their landlord isn’t meeting its obligations.
Council relaxes rules for buying homes of social tenants facing eviction and homelessness
It expects to buy around 250 homes in the city through the scheme this year, said a council official last week. It’s unclear how that meshes with central government targets.
No-pets policy in new social homes in Whitehall could force people to choose between a stable home and beloved animal
Dublin City Council didn’t respond before publication to queries, including whether the ban applied to all pet and why the rule is necessary.
The HSE bought derelict properties on James’s Street for €2.4m, which the council had valued at only €1.7m
“An independent valuation assessment supported the HSE’s offer which was subsequently ratified by the HSE’s approval process,” an HSE spokesperson said.