Dublin mother shares footage of offered council house

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.

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!

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??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA

they can if indeed it is the case that what is offered is not to the correct standards acceptable to the norm.

that is unviable as then it allows the council to offer any old crap.

buying or paying market rent only entitles you to live in the house in the case of rent, or ownership upon full repayment if the loan in the case of buying.

it does not make you more worthy or entitled i am afraid.

No inside shots and those bins are in the underground car park. You don’t live there. Don’t see any used needles around either.

looks like that is a bit late, doesn't it.

no point in crying over spilled milk.

are you giving her a job?

thought not alright.

You saw nothing of the inside of the apartment because it was undoubtedly pristine. She just expected to be given a house with a nice garden as that's what she feels entitled to.

Any landlord who's ever tried to let their property to the council on a Long Term Lease (or found themselves with a tenant on HAP or the like) will tell you that the council are far more stringent on ensuring the RTB standards are met than any private tenant would be. In fact, the regulations even impose a higher standard on properties let by Approved housing Bodies than those on the private rental market:

https://www.rtb.ie/beginning-a-tenancy/what-minimum-standards-must-a-property-meet

I presume she was trying to find out which of her new neighbours caused the damage so they would fix it, right?

I mean, presumably, at some point, everything was fixed and lovely, and then people moved in and accidentally damaged it and now she wants them to fix that damage.