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A Laois councillor has slammed as an "outrage" the loss of €600,000 allocated to the council for adapting council houses for tenants with mobilit...
Both mothers and children who are victims of domestic violence are struggling to find permanent homes. There is a long-term waiting list on Housing Section 8. Victims are temporarily staying in shelters or on the street, because frequently shelters are full and they turn families away.
The issue of illegal dumping in Enniscorthy was raised at this month's meeting of the local authority with particular concern being raised over the ongoing nature of the problem. Cllr Aidan Browne highlighted one area of concern, Marconi Park, where a house that is vacant as a result of a fire is now being used as a dumping ground. 'There is a massive amount of dumping in it,' he said. 'It's like a dumpsite.' The issue of a site where a house is due to be built and where 'consistent dumping' is taking place was also raised. 'It's used by local walkers and it's an ongoing problem,' said Cllr B...
Madison in the Sixties – December, 1963 – Shirley Abrahamson helps Madison make civil rights history. In 1963, racial discrimination in housing was perfectly legal in Wisconsin, and very real; only about 27% of the city’s rental units, and 12% of the houses for-sale, were available to nonwhites. The city didn’t even have a meaningful board or commission working for civil rights. Instead, there was the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights (MCHR), which the Council created in 1952 as a powerless consolation prize for activists after their proposed fair housing ordinance was soundly defe...
€1m investment for six new social houses in Roscommon is a bright star at end of a difficult year says Senator Murphy Elphin '); Fianna Fáil Senator, Eugene Murphy said the investment of €1m in the development of six new social houses in Elphin is a bright star at the end of a difficult year. Roscommon County Council made the application and is being approved for four, 2-bedroom and two 3-bedroom homes on the Windmill Road in Elphin. Senator Eugene Murphy who was informed of the development by Housing Minister Darragh O’ Brien said it is a significant development in a return to local...