Dublin Inquirer
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A report into vacant above-the-shop units finds that they are too expensive to be widely used for social homes. āFinancially it worked out two to three times the cost of delivering a new unit,ā said researcher Michelle Connolly, of Dublin Simon Community. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/17/repā¦
Trying to move out of an asylum shelter, into the brutal private housing market, with holes in her safety net: A lone mother says she hasnāt been able to get a private rental, even with HAP ā and canāt even move into homeless accommodation, either. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/17/tryā¦
For parents raising children in direct provision, the fear of the state taking them away is ever-present. Especially for lone parents, who can face having inadequately trained shelter staff call in Tusla if they leave their children alone even briefly. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/10/forā¦
It can be lose-lose for some tenants who ask the council to push their landlords to fix up substandard apartments. It can anger the landlord, alert the council it shouldnāt be paying to subsidise rent for such a place and risk leaving the tenant homeless. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/10/it-ā¦