People Before Profit Limerick
Opera site in question after Revenue considers future of the office.
Revenue move away from offices threatens Opera quarter viability. As international finance shifts from property investment and workplaces embrace remote working, has Limerick approved plans for too many offices?
Council plans to sell off derelict properties instead of redeveloping them.
Council puts publicly owned properties up for sale while numbers on housing waiting list remains above 2,000 in the hope that private developers will return them to use.
Public meeting on the housing crisis, organised by “Raise the Roof”, to be held in Limerick on June 13th.
Government “Housing For All” plan failing to meet any of its targets, “only a radical break with these failed policies can deliver secure, affordable homes for all”
A year has passed but still no referendum on a right to housing.
The housing crisis now worse than before the pandemic as official homeless figures exceed 10,000 for the first time since an eviction ban was implemented at the start of the pandemic.
Calls to “use it or lose it” for derelict and vacant properties
On Saturday the streets of Limerick saw over a hundred people gather for the Derelict Limerick Walking Tour. The slogan of this demonstration was “use it of lose it” describing the need for radical action to address the housing crisis.
Dangerous Dereliction: council steps in to make buildings safe when owners won't
People Before Profit opposed any attempt to label gas or nuclear as green energy. Lobbyists have been making efforts to have these technologies labelled as green to avoid a transition to renewables.
Derelict Limerick Walking Tour this Saturday
Walking tour of Limerick vacant and derelict properties this Saturday to highlight the need for a joined up approach to tackle the housing crisis.
PBP Limerick launch campaign to highlight derelict and vacant housing in Limerick
‘Housing for All’ aim to address 2.5% of vacant homes is ‘simply not good enough’, as party proposes suite of stronger measures. A protest will be held on February 26th as part of National Day of Action on Dereliction called by National Housing & Homelessness Coalition
4,000 vacant homes in Limerick, plus 1,209 derelict
Report finds 4,000 vacant dwellings in Limerick, plus 1,209 derelict dwellings - 4 times the official number from Council. PBP call for bringing vacant and derelict sites into public ownership to develop as housing.
IRES REIT's intention to buy up homes in Limerick is a step in the wrong direction
Ireland's largest landlord eyeing up Limerick as its next destination. Real-estate investment trust, have played a major role in driving up rents and the price of homes in Dublin
Decades of failed policies leaves students homeless
As thousands of students arrive back to college without any place to stay as the first term commences, People Before Profit Limerick are calling for urgent action to address what they are calling a student housing crisis.
Student accommodation availability causing massive issue for students as return to college approaches
Students are being forced to live in hotels and on couches after decades of failed government policy on housing leaves apartments and houses empty as speculators see 10% returns for just holding a home as an asset.