A housing expert has said building inspections need to be “beefed up” following the latest redress scheme announced by the government over defective apartments built during the Celtic Tiger era.
It is estimated that the “fully-funded” scheme, announced this week, to repair up to 100,000 apartments and duplexes with fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects could run to €2.5 billion.
“It’s great if you’re the owner of a defective apartment, and everybody’s heart goes out to those people because it’s not their fault,” senior lecturer at TU Dublin and housing policy analyst Dr Lorcan Sirr told RTE News.
“But, it is going to be funded by the taxpayer and it is not the first time that we have been here with these kinds of redress schemes.”
The new housing defects scheme is expected to be administered by the Housing Agency.
It is envisaged that owners’ management companies will be funded to carry out the works, which will cover entire buildings to improve the safety of all occupants.
The Department of Housing said a “whole building” approach would be taken, “ensuring common areas and shared spaces are also remediated where required to the relevant standard”.
A housing expert has said building inspections need to be “beefed up” following the latest redress scheme announced by the Government over defective apartments built during the Celtic Tiger era.
It is estimated that the “fully-funded” scheme, announced this week, to repair up to 100,000 apartments and duplexes with fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects could run to €2.5 billion.
“It’s great if you’re the owner of a defective apartment, and everybody’s heart goes out to those people because it’s not their fault,” senior lecturer at TU Dublin and housing policy analyst Dr Lorcan Sirr said, “but it is going to be funded by the taxpayer and it is not the first time that we have been here with these kinds of redress schemes.”
The new housing defects scheme is expected to be administered by the Housing Agency.
It is envisaged that owners’ management companies will be funded to carry out the works, which will cover entire buildings to improve the safety of all occupants.
The Department of Housing said a “whole building” approach would be taken, “ensuring common areas and shared spaces are also remediated where required to the relevant standard”.
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