Social Value Ideas for Dublin City Council

Glass Bottle affordable housing

Members challenged the interpretation of the Glass Bottle site agreement, insisting that the original deal promised 350 social homes and 550 affordable homes, understood locally as affordable purchase…

“Speaker 3: I mean, again, this goes on in relation to our issues, in relation to the glass bottle site, an agreement that we reached some years back, …”

Gap to 19,384 Homes

The council reported a combined target of 19,384 homes for 2027-2030, split between 10,158 social homes and starter homes. The known pipeline currently falls short, with LDA, AHB and Part 5 delivery n…

“So this slide on the left hand side, we officially got our targets last week from the Department. So the bullet points on the left hand side show 2027…”

Bridgefoot social homes

A new social housing scheme at Bridgefoot Street was brought forward as a pre-Part 8 proposal for 43 homes. The team said it will move to internal circulation, then Part 8 planning, and could go to te…

“We're here today to commence the initiation of the pre -part day process for a site located at 39240 Bridgeford Street, Dublin 8. The proposal is to p…”

Keeper Road acquisition

Councillor Dunne proposed that Dublin City Council proactively approach the liquidator and Oakley to acquire the stalled Keeper Road site, where liquidation of Tebrok has halted a planned housing sche…

“Speaker 6: The liquidation of Tebroek Limited directly halts a major social housing and mixed use development plan for forty seven to sixty three Keep…”

Housing repairs framework

Housing maintenance is preparing a new two-year repairs and maintenance framework and expects it to go to market within about a month. This is a clear procurement opportunity covering responsive housi…

“Then we are always working on procurement processes as well as. The new repairs and maintenance framework, there will be a two year framework. So we'r…”

Multi-million repairs framework renewal

Housing maintenance is renewing its external contractor framework for reactive repairs this year. The existing framework is worth about £48 million over two years and covers 21 contractors across 12 a…

“So how do we deliver that service then? We do it by a combination of direct labour workforce and our multi -party framework where we contract out quit…”

Aging Housing Stock Maintenance Crisis

Critical pressure on Dublin City Council's housing maintenance due to severely aging housing stock: 50% of 29,000 council homes are over 55 years old and require extensive upgrade works. Insufficient …

“50% of those homes are over 55 years of age and require extensive upgrade works to bring them in line with the standards and currently there's insuffi…”

Cherry Orchard Park funding bid

A major new park in Cherry Orchard is progressing to Part 8, with the council seeking up to £9 million from the Town and Cities Regeneration Investment Fund. The project must be on site by September 2…

“So we're just finalising the feedback from the technical departments to get and circulating them to the area planner. So yeah, it's good to be here to…”

Johnstown Park tennis works update

The council gave an update that the Johnstown Park tennis redevelopment is still progressing, with contractors due back on site to finish surfacing works. A further progress report is promised for the…

“Good afternoon chair, can everyone hear me okay? Yes. Yeah, just that the line has come and gone a little bit there. In relation to Councillor Connoll…”