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the re-launched Dublin Housing Action Movement (very effective in the 1960's) publicises government negligence on housing.

 

Empty buildings sit derelict at the same time as people sleep on the pavement (often outside)

 

www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2020/0124/1110500-vac...

- Reportage here of figures of idle vacant sites acquired by RTÉ. The figures state that in the Dublin City Council area an estimated 4,714 housing units remain un-built on sites with development potential.

 

This shows the power of construction tycoons in Irish politics. The Vacant Site Register and a Vacant Site Levy were originally called for in the James Kenny Report in 1974.

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Uploaded on June 15, 2020
Taken on October 12, 2018