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01/11/2011
Priory Hall Residents Get Temporary Housing
A number of residents who lived in the Priory Hall complex in Dublin are to be given temporary housing by Dublin City Council this afternoon.
Around one 180 residents had to be evacuated from the apartment complex after fears that the building did not meet fire safety regulations. It is understood that there were no fire walls between the apartments.
Residents were contacted on Friday about 42 available properties, which the council says have been matched to their needs.
Thirty seven NAMA properties and five voluntary housing properties have been assigned to owner occupiers only.
Residents will be able to pick up keys from 2pm at a Council office in Clongriffin in Dublin.
The properties will be made available until remedial work is carried out on the Priory Hall building and it is safe for it’s tenants to return.
(LB)
Around one 180 residents had to be evacuated from the apartment complex after fears that the building did not meet fire safety regulations. It is understood that there were no fire walls between the apartments.
Residents were contacted on Friday about 42 available properties, which the council says have been matched to their needs.
Thirty seven NAMA properties and five voluntary housing properties have been assigned to owner occupiers only.
Residents will be able to pick up keys from 2pm at a Council office in Clongriffin in Dublin.
The properties will be made available until remedial work is carried out on the Priory Hall building and it is safe for it’s tenants to return.
(LB)
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