Rather than telling wind farms to switch off when the grid can’t handle the power they’re generating, a social enterprise wants to route the excess to people who need it.
Tag: social housing
Posted inCity Desk
Problems with Water Leaking into Electrics at Council Housing Complex Continued Even After an Electrical Fire, Complaints Log Suggests
A Dublin City Council log of maintenance requests shows older complaints of a damp fuse box, a sizzling socket and, more recently, of water leaks into the electrics.
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Twenty Years On, Locals Still Wonder Why Corporation Street Was Renamed James Joyce Street
Dublin City Council held a plebiscite on the proposed name change, although there were only two qualified voters on the street.
Posted inUnreal Estate
In Stoneybatter, a Council Housing Complex Beset by Problems Isn’t Among Those Scheduled for Regeneration
Dublin City Council says that problems raised by tenants come down to maintenance and repair. Councillors say they run much deeper.
Posted inUnreal Estate
Without Changes, Council Not Likely to Reach Government Target for Building Social Housing in Coming Years
Its target for new social homes in 2023 is 1,931. It currently has 362 new social homes due to be finished that year, shows a council report.
Posted inUnreal Estate
Council Has Again Nudged Back Timeline for Hundreds of “Affordable” and Social Homes in Inchicore
It’s also expecting to bump up the number of homes to be built on the land at St Michael’s Estate, suggests a response to a councillor’s query.
Posted inCity Desk
Council Briefs: Safer Communities in Council Housing, and Zoning for Affordable Housing
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their housing committee.
Posted inUnreal Estate
Create a Way to Zone Land So Housing Built There Must Be Mostly Social and Affordable, Councillors Propose
Councillors from several parties have banded together to back the motion. Dublin City Council CEO Owen Keegan says that’s not what zoning is for.
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Council Briefs: Oscar Traynor Road Housing, Choosing a City Centre Tsar, Counting Vacant Homes, and More
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their October monthly meeting, on Monday.
Posted inUnreal Estate
New Compromise on Council-Owned Land at Oscar Traynor Road Could Mean Hundreds of Social and Affordable Homes
But the homes would still be built by a private developer, instead of by Dublin City Council, as councillors had wanted when they rejected the last plan for the site.