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Stumbling Block Of Social Housing Stalls O’Devaney Gardens, Lorcan Sirr
Stumbling Block Of Social Housing Stalls O’Devaney Gardens, Lorcan Sirr
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Last week, Dublin city council (DCC) resolved a dispute with its own councillors over the regeneration of O’Devaney Gardens, a council estate behind Arbour Hill in Dublin. Named after Bishop O’Devaney, who was hanged at Arbour Hill in 1612 as a friend of Tyrone rebel chief Hugh O’Neill, O’Devaney Gardens is a 1950s corporation-built estate of 300 flats in 12 (originally 13) blocks.
To Tackle The Housing Crisis, We Need To Talk About Ownership, Lorcan Sirr
To Tackle The Housing Crisis, We Need To Talk About Ownership, Lorcan Sirr
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The rights and obligations that go with property ownership are important issues in any country trying to control its housing stock, resolve a housing crisis or create a functioning system. The concept of ownership is not clear cut: there is common ownership, as seen on the pampas and prairies, and in the outback; shared ownership, in India and China; temporal ownership, in medieval France and now Catalonia; and subservient ownership, where the Earth belongs only to its creator.
The State Needs To Supply Its Own Housing — To Save Money, Lorcan Sirr
The State Needs To Supply Its Own Housing — To Save Money, Lorcan Sirr
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Much debate about housing has centred on proposed solutions such as the Central Bank’s lending limits and a reduction in VAT for developers. The Department of the Environment’s contribution managed to bypass the democratic process, ignore its own civil service rules, then introduce newmandatory smaller apartment sizes, which, it said, would bring down costs and stimulate development. Of course, such a crude move did no such thing—just as reducing VAT for developers and lifting bank lending ratios for lenders will not create an affordable housing system. These “solutions” are like Nero fiddling as Rome burned behind him.
Where Is The Realism In The State’S ‘Hotchpotch’ Programme?, Lorcan Sirr
Where Is The Realism In The State’S ‘Hotchpotch’ Programme?, Lorcan Sirr
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The publication of the new programme for government brought fewsurprises. It astonished nobody that two of its most significant components were ending the housing shortage and homelessness, and boosting jobs and rural development. The document weighs in at a hefty 155 pages, which averages out at 2.67 pages per government member and supporter. It seems as though every idea from every corner, no matter how unrealistic, was included to garner support. There were positives. It broadly identifies many pertinent issues, including the need for political leadership, tackling homelessness and promoting tenants’ rights. It aims to review building standards and says …