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Tendai Madondo. Friday, 24 April 2009.

Management companies and multi-unit developments

There has been a rapid increase in the number of apartment buildings and other multi-unit developments in Ireland in recent years. This has highlighted the need to strengthen the legislation protecting the rights of people living in such developments.

John Gormley launched the Law Reform Commission’s report on multi-unit developments in June 2008. Minister Gormley’s Department has been working with other Departments including the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to bring in legislation in response to the Commission’s recommendations.

The first piece of legislation, the Property Services (Regulation) Bill, will be introduced by the Minister for Justice in the Oireachtas in the next few weeks. This Bill, which establishes the Property Services Regulatory Authority (NPSRA), will also regulate property management agents and set standards for the provision of property management services. The NPRSA will also provide information on the provision of these services and investigate complaints about management agents.

This will be followed shortly by a Multi-Unit Developments Bill which will update the law applying to the management companies for apartment buildings and other multi-unit developments with common areas. The Bill will ensure that management companies operate in a fair and transparent manner, with an equal say for all apartment owners.

The Bill will require developers to protect the interests of property owners in apartment buildings, and is expected to include the following provisions:

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The common areas of apartment buildings cannot be retained by the developers but must be transferred to the management company before any units are sold.
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Such management companies must be operated on a “one owner one vote” basis – each unit owner to have an equal say in the operation of the company.
- Management companies must provide details of their activities in an annual report.

- Service charges must be approved by a majority of the apartment owners at a general meeting of the management company.

Additional changes to the law will take place in the forthcoming Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, which is due to be published during the summer. This will give the force of law to Ministerial guidelines on apartme

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Tendai Madondo (Nee Mandingwa) has lived in Tallaght, a town located south west of Dublin, Ireland since 2002 and has witnessed the amazing demographic growth and infrastructural development. Tendai is married to Farai and lives with her two girls Tatenda, Britney and younger sister Ravie. Her husband Farai works in Tallaght and her girls attend local schools in the locality.

Tendai once worked for Tallaght Partnership as a consultant on the migrant workers project then subsequently worked for Tallaght hospital before joining Cairde as a Development Officer. She established a women’s group in collaboration with Tallaght Intercultural Action where she continues to be an active member. She is also a member of Tallazens.

Tendai in Afghanistan 2007.

There is no doubt that the face of Tallaght has significantly transformed into being a rainbow place with hundreds of migrant families living and working there. However, a lot remains to be done to ensure that

children – who are the future generations are adequately educated,
child care services adequately cater for the local families,
disabled and elderly people have quality care and support,
our infrastructure matches the local growth and that
Tallaght is an all inclusive community.

This website site is dedicated to highlighting the work of Tendai Madondo, born in Zimbabwe and now living in Ireland. We hope you will find it informative and enspiring especialy her dedication to community work and to helping those members of our communities that are marginalised.