Hello everyone, and thanks very much for pressing subscribe
Hello everyone, and thanks very much for pressing subscribe to my channel. I'm in Rathfarnham this evening. And today, a big piece of Irish legislation was brought into play. This is called the exempted development regulations for residential dwellings. Now, the Irish government and James Brown another brainwave to try and address the manufactured housing disaster. So, wait for it, back gardens will be now full of modular homes for the overcrowded families that live in many houses around Ireland, and an opportunity to those.
Unscrupulous landlords to make massive windfalls from people's misfortune of looking for somewhere secure to live. And this happens at the same time when more and more people are on the streets. More and more people are forced into emergency accommodation, and many more are forced to emigrate. This is where we have a mass immigration chaos in Ireland. You really could not make any of this nonsense up. And the Irish government's solution is to allow people to build modular homes if they have.
Large enough back gardens of up to 45 square meters, which will be exempt from planning permission. And wait for it, the local authority have to be issued notices of intention from people who are interested in building those modular homes in the back gardens. And if they're big enough in the first instance, as I've said, many I know don't even live have any back gardens, never mind could have this amount of space to build homes on it.
And the Irish government are saying that this will free up planners to do more necessary work, probably more of their strategic plans to push forward and railroad through many plans without any democratic oversight. But, what's new in our society? And they claim it's an end to red tape, an end to bureaucracy, and all this type of nonsense. And it lifts the regulatory burden from homeowners. They said it's the biggest piece of Irish legislation on planning in 25.
Years. That was the Planning and Development Act, which was brought forward in 2024, which, as I said earlier, is about a fast track and a charter for developers to make massive windfalls, and also for the Irish government to push forward their plans without any community involvement. So much for community-led planning in Ireland. It's just a drive-through by the Irish government, whatever they see fit to push forward. And they'll say it's about cutting red tape and all this type of stuff. But, in.
Essence, let's see how this plays out
Essence, let's see how this plays out. And one case in point is in terms of many who are renting these glorified garden sheds in people's back gardens. You are not seen as a tenant, you are seen as a licensee, which means that you have no rights. And the Irish government are looking at if they can extend the rent-a-room relief, which is a €14,000 per year offered tax-free for people who give up a room in their home.
For anybody who is looking for accommodation. So, um the government is looking at this at the moment in terms of announcing it probably around the time of the Irish budget this year. But, what I'm here tonight is important because this shows you what's really taking place in our society. Because across the street there is a house with a self-contained unit up for rent currently. And uh the rent is just over that direction.
€1,000 per month. But, there is a catch. And what's the catch? You can only stay there from Sunday until Friday. But, you pay €1,000 for the privilege of staying in the unit over yonder. But you have to make your own arrangements for the weekend. Who knows why? But this is the type of nonsense that will be brought forward by the Irish government over the next period of time when they open up the doors to this taking place because what.
Essentially they're doing is open up the door for people with a lot of property with an opportunity to make more money from people who are desperate for accommodation. Now, anybody knows anything around Dublin in terms of the housing disaster, in terms of people on affordable rents, on affordable house prices. And this will create an avenue for those who are looking to exploit people and capitalize on what's taking place to push this forward over the next period of time.
And at the same time, it's also about trying to offer an ever come solution to people who happen might have a back garden large enough to fit one of these modular units in or maybe another form of glorified garden shed in the back to put their younger children in because they can't afford house pri- house prices or accommodation costs are so high. Which is exacerbated by the numbers coming into Ireland with the mass immigration as well.
“Which is exacerbated by the numbers coming into Ireland with the mass immigration as well”
But these are the latest brainwaves by the Irish
But these are the latest brainwaves by the Irish government. Isn't it fantastic? And opens up the doors to more exploitation, more misery, and such a opportunity for those to make massive windfalls from this as well unchecked. But, it's a solution. It's a plan. And it's really about homeowners, isn't it? That's what the Irish government will say. But, really it's trying to deflect away from their own culpability in creating the disastrous housing disaster here in Ireland. So, hope you enjoyed this.
Little walk through this area this lovely evening. And thanks a lot for all support with my videos and to highlight the loopholes in this uh legislation that's starting today, July the 27th here in Ireland. So, thanks again for the support. And Dublin City of Ireland, so long for now. See you soon.
