Researcher: Dublin Simon Community, in association with Dr Kathleen Stokes, School of History and Geography, Dublin City University. |
Title: Opportunities and challenges for widespread refurbishment of vacant "above the shop" units for residential use |
Overview: This research addresses the challenges, opportunities and processes presented by the conversion/reuse of over the shop units for residential use. It will capture available best practices, solutions and policy guidance, and asses how lessons could be applied in a systematic approach to vacant units over shops for residential use, and social housing in particular. The research will address the following questions:
The research will identify a property and undertake a feasibility exercise on the acquisition and refurbishment of a unit. The process will be documented, and interviews conducted over the course of the exercise. The learnings from this process will be disseminated through a report identifying the approaches to bringing vacant units over shops into residential use, common challenges and identified best practice. |
Status: Completed Q1 2024 |