housing – Page 5 – Neasa Hourigan

There have been some queries from residents about the redevelopment of a property at 15-17 Drumcondra Road Lower. Cllr Janet Horner has received a response from Dublin City Council about plans for the building. The following is the response from… Neasa explains the Green Party policy on the Site Value Tax Neasa explains the Green Party policy on Cost Rental housing The Green Party has called on the government to engage with co-housing groups during this weeks’ CoHousing Here conference and legislate to support this innovative and collaborative form of community making. In a position paper published today Cllr Neasa Hourigan,… In the next few years we know that we will need to build about 35,000 houses in this country every year to meet demand. A Place not Just a Space In the next few years we know that we will… Neasa speaks with Johnny Holmes of Near FM (Community Radio for Northside Dublin) about the Controversy surrounding Phibsboro Shopping Centre Development, also about Affordable Housing, Safe Streets & Communities, Waste & Recycling Services and about her local election campaign Link… Homes, Not Student Units Needed in Cabra The ‘Matts of Cabra’ site has recently gone on sale with a proposed planning permission for up to 250 student accommodation units on a site of 1.21 acres. While Cabra is the next… In August I went along to what I thought was a standard housing protest, how wrong I was. After gathering everyone together on O’Connell Street we marched up the street to a row of vacant buildings in Summerhill. These buildings… Following the violent eviction of housing activists from Take Back the City a sit down protest took place on the 22nd Sept. The rally highlighted the housing shortage and the amount of vacant buildings in the city. A huge crowd… “Sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn’t it” comments one lady as she passes. A Phibsboro resident has stopped to ask what I’m doing as I photograph a very obviously unused and unloved set of two terraced houses in the…