Vacant apartment blocks in Finglas that were occupied by homelessness campaigners, have now been assigned for social housing.
Activists took over the 60 unit complex on Wednesday night but gardaí said they have since evacuated.
The protesters, called Premier Love Project, are associated with the Home Sweet Home Group who took over Apollo House.
A spokesman for the National Assets Management Agency (Nama), said: “Ironically before Christmas, Nama reached agreement with Dublin City Council (DCC) on the purchase of the apartments by DCC for use as social housing.
“Nama has also agreed to pay for additional work on the apartments to improve them and to address fire safety issues prior to their sale. That work was expected to start in the coming weeks.
“The occupation of these apartments by protestors will delay this work and will ultimately delay their use for social housing by DCC.”
The ‘Lindsay’ apartment has been unoccupied for six years.
Colin McGettrick, of the Premier Love Project published a video of the takeover on Facebook late on Wednesday night and urged other groups around the country to take over Nama-owned vacant buildings.