Residents living in an apartment block in Dún Laoghaire in Dublin have been asked to vacate their homes for a second time. |
Last year the Residential Tenancies Board ruled that lease termination notices served on residents at St Helens Court apartments by the previous owners was invalid.
Some residents have been living there for 16 years. Seán Mitchell, says he is facing an uncertain future after receiving a lease termination notice for a second time. "They are actually doing eleven apartments up that are empty and why can't they put us in to them and refurbish the ones that we're in."
"If substantial refurbishment has to be done that requires the movement of tenants then that can be a justification for terminating a tenancy but that is an excuse that landlords can exploit to evict people for other reasons," he said.
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