Months on, council still investigating ethics complaints against independent councillor
Two councillors have lodged complaints with the council against independent Councillor Gavin Pepper. But there’s been no conclusion yet to those processes.
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Apprenticeship system is backlogged and underfunded, say unions
“In the midst of a housing crisis, it is unacceptable that the apprenticeships … are being under-resourced,” says Unite regional officer James McCabe.
As the government blocks funding for major social-housing projects, FF and FG councillors point fingers at ministers
As many as 1,325 social homes in Dublin city are at an advanced stage, with planning granted – but now with no clear funding.
With think tank Progress Ireland, the yimby movement here is powering up
With help from a wider network overseas.
In the Liberties, council tenants ask to feel a bit of benefit from nearby Land Development Agency scheme
Across the city, tenants in older flats confront the stark difference between their conditions and those likely in new cost-rental homes.
Some social-housing projects, with funding approved, have disappeared from the council’s pipeline
Dublin city councillors say they aren’t being kept up to date about continued fall-out from governance issues at the housing charity, Peter McVerry Trust.
In Rathmines, the remaining residents of the Defence Forces’ married quarters live in mouldy limbo
Grosvenor Lodge is so rundown that the council is looking at adding part of it to its derelict sites register.
Council should buy the old TU Dublin site on Kevin Street and build homes, say councillors
The council says no because the planning permission is for offices. A new owner could apply to change that.
Councillors welcome plans for small step forward on the stalled regeneration of Dolphin House
Phase 1b of the project to eventually build upwards of 700 homes on the site envisions building 30 fronting onto Dolphin’s Barn Road.
Council cuts back efforts to turn vacant office and commercial buildings into social homes
Instead, it’s moving staff to focus on other housing projects that will deliver more homes, said Dublin City Council’s head of housing.
Council pauses plans for social housing on Howth site, after price tag rises to €750,000 each
This isn’t viable, so another use for the site will have to be found, a council official said.
A scheme to speed up social housing has barely been used by Dublin councils
Councils are reluctant to use the single-stage process because they take on more risk if something goes wrong, says Sinn Féin TD and housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin.
Advocates are pushing for survivors of industrial schools to get priority for social housing
Councillors face tough decisions as vulnerable and desperate groups make their cases for priority amid a shortage of social homes.