My graphic of vacant sites and 3688 entire #Airbnb house/apartments and tents along the Grand Canal.
8,656 people including 2,583 children are #Homeless but yet more than 70% of all residential zoned vacant sites in #Dublin are owned by Dublin City Council or State Controlled. pic.twitter.com/yfyZ9sFH98— Rob Cross (@RobCross247) November 29, 2020
Good times.
Thanks Bebe
Your own luxury wigwam.
In North County Dublin.
Brendan Lawless writes:
So I moved back to Ireland from Oz – have to move out of my short term let soon and came across this absolute gem in Malahide on Airbnb.
It’s a teepee hut in someone’s back garden in a normal looking estate. ‘Ah lads’ is all I can say. Bonus points for the heater in a plastic teepee…
So Sioux me.
Sioux.
Never mind.
My neighbour's kid sorted her student accommodation in Galway. 700pm per month for own room in house with landlady & 12 other students. Cash only, and on Friday mornings they have to take *everything* out of the rooms & vacate as she does AirBnB at the weekends. pic.twitter.com/mFE4Q9N3jt
— emma burns (@betaburns) August 26, 2019
This makes me so angry and should be absolutely illegal as security for tenure – 7 days a week – is an absolute minimal ingredient for a proper rental market. That woman should hang her head in shame. #greed https://t.co/bK9dnY2hMg
— David McWilliams (@davidmcw) August 27, 2019
Good times.
Above from left: Cameron Keighron (NUIG Students Union VP/Education Officer) Clare Austick (SU President), Brandon Walsh (SU VP/Welfare & Equality Officer)
This afternoon.
NUI Galway Students’ Union are asking Galway homeowners “who rented rooms on platforms such as Airbnb to consider renting to students instead” following the introduction of new regulations for short-term letting in “rent pressure zones”.
Landlords can still rent out rooms in their homes to students tax-free up to a cap of €14,000 per annum under the Rent a Room Scheme.
President of NUI Galway Students’ Union Clare Austick said
“We are asking landlords to advertise their accommodation through our websitesASAP so that students can secure housing now rather than having to wait until the week before lectures begin.
This will provide steady tax-free income for homeowners and a home for NUI Galway students who contribute so much to the local economy. The lack of accommodation here in Galway City has become a serious issue putting access to education at risk for many students.
The option is also available to just rent a room for one semester to a visiting student if homeowners are unsure about getting into a long-term arrangement…”
