Residents of a north Dublin housing estate fear they'll be forced out over new clamping rules.
The residents of Cedarview in Santry received a letter from their property management company telling them cars parked on the road, on kerbs, or on grass will be clamped when a new rule comes into force in the estate from September 1. Many of the houses in the estate are occupied by as many as four young professionals, who all need their own car for work.
However, each house only has two parking spaces in the driveway. And residents fear the new rule will leave them with no option but to try and find alternative accommodation.
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Resident Alan McCrohan told Dublin Live: "There are four people in each house and two car spaces. So two people per house have to park alongside the road or beside the green.
"It's been grand. It is not blocking people from their homes and the emergency services can get through. There is nowhere else to park."
Mr McCrohan said there are as many as 60 households in the same predicament which means as many as 100 people will be forced to find new accommodation in a housing crisis where a recent report found there were less than 300 rentals available across Dublin.
He said: "We are already deep in a housing crisis and now we are going to add to that. The majority of the people in the housing estate are teachers so they are going to have to move and get a job elsewhere.
"That's where we are with it at the moment - totally p*****d off. This is totally unnecessary, it isn't a thoroughfare, it is a dead end.
Teacher Tracey Mahon, who is also a resident, said she is very concerned as she doesn't know where she will be living when school starts next week.
She said: "There are over a hundred teachers living in the estate and I am sure you have heard in the media that Dublin schools are struggling to get teachers in Dublin. I really don't know what is going to happen."
She added: "I teach out in Skerries which is about 20 minutes away and there isn't even public transport links to there. There is nowhere else to go."
The residents will be having a meeting in The Comet in Santry with local politicians to discuss what can be done.
Dublin Live has contacted WYSE, the property managers of the estate, Savills, who let the homes, and OCCU, who run the houses, for comment. None have responded to Dublin Live at the time of publication.
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