Dublin mother shares footage of offered council house

That is grim, in all fairness

Well she has nearly four kids and that was supposed to be her forever home.

Can't blame her after waiting 13 years lol.

Good luck with the hunt for your forever home Aoife. Sure that was difficult 13 years. Hope another 13 will be easier and there will be a garden.

How dare they offering apartment when she clearly needs a house with a garden.

4 kids?

She probably thinks she will have to go to number 5 now to speed up getting a house.

God love her, maybe a few more kids is the solution?

What does "nearly 4 kids" mean.

It looks pretty grim and not a place I would want to raise a family in. Im in two minds. In one way I feel like you cant moan if your being handed a house but then in another way I think we really for what the council are paying the properties should be a far higher standard.

Why on earth are the Independent printing that?

Oh, that's right, newspapers have a vested interest in the housing market.

Same old story, you are not ‘entitled’ to anything Aoife. Get a job & provide for your own children instead of expecting the tax payers to foot the bill. Wheres the daddy in all of this? He has responsibilities too, not the tax payer!

Maybe I am just an arsehole but I feel no sympathy with these stories.

Sitting on your arse for over a decade waiting for the state to pay your way while having more kids than most working couple's can ever afford. All she wanted was a house with a nice garden (probably a 5 bed sure) - and only in certain areas.

Reality is there are people more deserving of the states charity. Imagine getting an essentially free Gaff in dublin and claiming its not enough. Detestable.

And lets be honest, only the most self entitled cannot see beyond a bit of cleaning and tidying up.

nobody should live over a pub in kilinarden

I would have serious questions over the management and running of that complex though . Irregardless the warped boards are a hazard on what is possibly an escape route.

God only knows what other compliance issues are hiding in a place like that.

What a shithole.... but...... why should she be given something pristine in a desirable location when many working couples with no children can't even afford to buy those places.

At the same time, it's a disgrace the way some people choose to live, the filth there. A little pride in your home environment wouldn't go astray. Stop dumping your rubbish all over your own doorstep etc

I've done them sums before and questioned myself on them. Am I being a bit dramatic? Sure the burden is so small what does it matter, etc. But then the current status quo is recent enough. Those that pay their own way are these days having smaller families, years ago everyone had loads of kids so it all balanced out. But in five generations time the workers will only sustain their numbers while the freeloaders will have grown exponentially.

And yet, we're always hearing stories of council houses/flats in perfectly reasonable condition which are left vacant for ages, because they have to be stripped of perfectly good kitchens and bathrooms and refitted to council spec (often lower spec than what's there, if half the stories are to be believed).

Which is correct??