The Action Plan for Housing.

[jimmym]

Good episode of nationwide last night about derelict buildings. You could catch it on player I'd say.

The amount of derelict buildings where i live is a scandal, owner has no desire to do anything with them

 

[Donald Trump]

120 tenants at risk of being evicted in Cork before March 31st.

Cork City Council currently has 400 vacant local authority housing units.

Average turnaround time for vacant housing units in Cork is now 75 weeks.

Derelict site levies issued in Cork, €1.7 Million. Derelict site levies outstanding for over one year: €1.4 million.

Rent arrears owed to Cork City Council: €5 Million.


Hmmmmm……

There's a very simple solution to rent and rent arrears with councils.

Take it at source. I know people who do it voluntarily to save themselves the hassle

 

[Stacky]

120 tenants at risk of being evicted in Cork before March 31st.

Cork City Council currently has 400 vacant local authority housing units.

Average turnaround time for vacant housing units in Cork is now 75 weeks.

Derelict site levies issued in Cork, €1.7 Million. Derelict site levies outstanding for over one year: €1.4 million.

Rent arrears owed to Cork City Council: €5 Million.


Hmmmmm……

The biggest landlords in the State are the Local Authorities.

They move at a glacial space on dereliction and vacant homes in their areas.

Why?

It is only taxpayers money and we have jobs guaranteed for life with free car parking and perks.

Collect vacant site levies and enforce dereliction orders?

Good luck with that one.

The public servants in our Local Authorities walk pass struggling families who cannot even get a roof over their heads in the well designed lobbies of their fine offices on their way to the canteen

 

[Donald Trump]

The amount of derelict buildings where i live is a scandal, owner has no desire to do anything with them

Aye, it was a really good episode. There's loads of buildings that have more or less been abandoned in cities and small towns all over the country.

One guy who came back to Ireland a few years ago took it upon himself to investigate. Says he found out that councils are not even aware of the scale of the problem.

If the owners don't want them, then the government has to step in and do something about it. They could almost certainly be a part of solving this.

 

[FSG OUT]

Some people have pointed out that those who are demanding the ban be extended and shout loudest re housing are the
same people who demand unlimited access to migrants,

As opposed to the government wanting unlimited access for migrants and ending an eviction ban?

Some people have pointed out that those who want the eviction ban to end have no answer when asked where should those with nowhere to go should actually go?

 

[fed up]

By the 21st of March?

It may have been last year Stacky, apologies if I picked it up wrong...

 

[fed up]

Some people have pointed out that those who are demanding the ban be extended and shout loudest re housing are the
same people who demand unlimited access to migrants,

And some of us said we have reached beyond our limit.

 

[Drucker]

Many owners of derelict sites and rental properties owe banks more than the properties are worth.

Many tenants owe their landlords large sums of money. Banks find it difficult to enforce repossession orders on occupied properties.

I think we’re going to have to have a referendum on property rights, and “the common good,” with a proper referendum commission to explain all this to us in order to get this whole mess sorted out once and for all.

 

[Stacky]

It may have been last year Stacky, apologies if I picked it up wrong...

No, fine and it would not be a huge nice surprise if they had used up all their annual budget on making homes habitable.

Throw as much money as possible at this problem as the big winners currently are the landlords getting all the HAP €€€ etc while the long-term solution takes forever.

 

[Drucker]

Over one billion euro was spent on HAP last year.
Roughly half of that came back to the government in taxation.