The Ellis Court flats were built in the 1880s by Dublin Corporation, part of the city's first foray into social housing.
The project, between Túath Housing and Dublin City Council, took three years to complete. It was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic."This is a really significant project for Túath and shows our innovation, trying to regenerate inner city centres," said Marie McNamara, Development Manager with Túath Housing.
"It was built in the 1880s as part of the first social housing projects in the country so it was important to retain that history. It was a slower process than a new build."Michelle Robinson, senior executive officer with Dublin City Council, said the restoration is significant as it will take people off the housing waiting list.
"It's really important that it's not all commercial. It's bringing families back living in the city centre ... We got value for money for the project ... it was 100% funded from the state.
Great project! However it does beg the question why was this just left for almost 20 years? Why didn’t the council do anything about it?
Ohh .how come it took so long. Why do's it take so long for stuff like this to get sorted .🤔🤔🙄🙄.When we have so many Homeless...
Be very interesting to know who’s going into these.
I wonder out of the 40 residents how many will be Irish.
Sounds like just wat the city needs - it's been restored if that saves you a click.
Fantastic! Wonder if it really needed to take 17 years, though?
Fantastic to see these being brought back to life 👏
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