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This week's essential property news: The EC criticises the help-to-buy scheme
And a look inside Lena Dunham’s colourful home in Los Angeles.
The Big Movers
The European Commission is critical of the Irish Government’s help-to-buy and rent cap schemes
The EC has criticised the Government’s help-to-buy scheme and the rent control measures introduced to curb increases in certain areas, which they say could be counterproductive, according to RTE. The Commission’s latest draft post-bailout review, pointed to the uncertainty around Brexit and the future activities of multinationals.
Over €200 million invested by EU bank to build 1,400 new social houses here
The European Investment Bank yesterday confirmed support for record new investment in social housing that will house over 2,000 families across Ireland. It is expected that 1,400 new homes will be built and more than 700 properties upgraded in Dublin and across the country under the new initiative.
Fine Gael still wants to pursue ‘non-compliant’ households for water charges
The draft report by the Oireachtas committee looking at water has listed a number of options in relation to the refund of water charges. Fine Gael, Labour and the chairperson of the committee have stated there should be a charge for the excessive use of water.
Under Construction
- A proposed Dublin city centre hotel being built by the sons of one of Ireland’s biggest developers has been put on hold, after a resident claimed it would breach his ‘right to light’. The case is due to be decided in June.
- A developer that illegally demolished a 19th century convent a decade ago has gotten planning permission to build more than 100 new housing units in Dublin. Builder Kimpton Vale, which hit headlines in 2006 when it bulldozed a 19th century convent in Terenure, has been trying to progress work at a site in Clonsilla.
- Residents in the Adamstown area of Co Wexford have spent the last year battling for action to be taken about the odour produced by a local sewage sludge facility which they say is sometimes so strong they can’t leave their homes.
Des Res
Girls, the controversial New York series that made Lena Dunham famous, is currently in its final series. Have a peek inside her eclectic and colourful Los Angeles home in the video below.
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