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Plan to use windowless rooms for homeless blocked.

  • 24-08-2018 11:34am
    #1
    Magnatu
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 260 ✭✭


    In a significant ruling An Bord Pleanala has blocked plans to begin allowing the conversion of basements to windowless hotel rooms for homeless families.
    This is a major blow to Minister Murphy who has championed the continued and expanded use of hotels as a social housing "solution" and has resisted calls to instead provide actual social housing. It will also affect the profits of multi millionaire hotel owners who have been looking at ways to increase profits from the lucrative "Housing crisis"

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  • #2
    PlaneSpeeking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    Magnatu wrote: »
    In a significant ruling An Bord Pleanala has blocked plans to begin using windowless hotel rooms for homeless families.
    This is a major blow to Minister Murphy who has championed the continued and expanded use of hotels as a social housing "solution" and has resisted calls to instead provide actual social housing. It will also affect the profits of multi millionaire hotel owners who have been looking at ways to increase profits from the lucrative
    "Housing crisis"

    Well of course - they're ENTITLED to a view. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

    FFS.


  • #3
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,813 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    PlaneSpeeking wrote: »
    Well of course - they're ENTITLED to a view. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

    FFS.
    A view? Maybe access to fresh air and natural light had something to do with it..


  • #4
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,789 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Breaking sensible planning laws to accommodate some people isn't a good idea. That would give free reign to every developer to do the same.


  • #5
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    OP, i'm unsure if you are supporting this being blocked, or annoyed it has being blocked. Can you please clarify, so I know which direction I must take to oppose you?


  • #6
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,495 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Magnatu wrote: »
    In a significant ruling An Bord Pleanala has blocked plans to begin allowing the conversion of basements to windowless hotel rooms for homeless families.
    This is a major blow to Minister Murphy who has championed the continued and expanded use of hotels as a social housing "solution" and has resisted calls to instead provide actual social housing. It will also affect the profits of multi millionaire hotel owners who have been looking at ways to increase profits from the lucrative "Housing crisis"

    .
    Context? Link?


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  • #7
    Magnatu
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 260 ✭✭Magnatu


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Breaking sensible planning laws to accommodate some people isn't a good idea. That would give free reign to every developer to do the same.

    Minister Murphy has said that we need to be imaginative and explore innovative solutions to the homeless crisis. Paying hotel owners high room rates to house families in airless windowless basement rooms was one such innovative proposal.
    How can be deal with the homelessness crisis when burocrats block a social housing solution that would have made a real difference in meeting social housing commitments.


  • #8
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,280 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Magnatu wrote: »
    In a significant ruling An Bord Pleanala has blocked plans to begin allowing the conversion of basements to windowless hotel rooms for homeless families.
    This is a major blow to Minister Murphy who has championed the continued and expanded use of hotels as a social housing "solution" and has resisted calls to instead provide actual social housing. It will also affect the profits of multi millionaire hotel owners who have been looking at ways to increase profits from the lucrative "Housing crisis"

    .




    Fuck that shit man


    Give the penthouses to the wasters


    Stick the workers in the basement


    Multiple birds with the one stone. Bottomless public purse will shell out top dollar for the penthouse. More profit for the landlord. And the decrease in supply will leave less options for the worker and create further shortage which will increase what can be gouged out of them.


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