Are you a homeowner over the age of 55 and find your house too large for your needs? Limerick City and County Council may be able to help with their Private Rightsizing scheme. The local authority has a new scheme where homeowners older than 55 who find their dwellings too large for them, may request […]
Waterford City has featured prominently in the recently published report ‘Urban Vacancy in Ireland: Assessing Recent Responses and Opportunities’. This is the second and final policy output of the Irish Research Council-funded project Rethinking Urban Vacancy, led by Dr Cian O’Callaghan in partnership with Dublin City Council’s Housing
Uisce Éireann, in partnership with Waterford City and County Council, is replacing over 1km of ageing and problematic backyard services connections with modern water mains, which will allow for 125 households to be connected to the new system. The works, which are due to begin next week, are a critical step in conserving this precious […]
New income eligibility limits for Cost Rental take effect from August 1st 2023. The new limits were announced recently as part of the Government’s launch of the Secure Tenancies and Affordable Rent (STAR) Investment Scheme. The new limits will see those with net household income of €66,000 or less eligible for Cost Rental housing in […]
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, has welcomed the new homes completion figures for the first six months of 2023, published by the CSO. The publication showed that 7,353 new homes were completed in Quarter 2 of this year. While this is a small decrease of 3.5% on the same three months […]
The Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Councillor Alan Edge officially opened the new Housing Customer Centre at an official ribbon cutting ceremony at County Hall, Tallaght. The Housing Customer Centre, which has undergone an extensive refurbishment to be comfortable for customers, while offering greater privacy and quality of service to attendees, now consists of […]
Limerick City and County Council has been allocated €9 million to continue tackling long-term vacancy and dereliction in the city. The funding is part of a new €150 million Urban Regeneration Development Fund (URDF) introduced by the Government under the Housing for All plan. The allocation to Limerick’s local authority is the highest outside of Dublin. Dublin […]
Dublin City Council has received confirmation of full planning permission for a development of 578 new homes at Emmet Road (formerly St Michael’s Estate), Inchicore, Dublin 8. The scheme will deliver a mixture of social and affordable homes, with 76% allocated to affordable homes for rent and 24% to social housing. The affordable rental […]
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, and Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Gerald Mitchell, officially launched Amharc Muileann, a development of 137 homes delivered by Co-operative Housing Ireland (CHI) on Bloodmill Road in Limerick. Earlier in the day they opened another estate of 110 homes in Móineír, […]
The four Dublin Councils have launched a new initiative to support the Dublin housing market and are looking to activate or complete housing sites with planning permissions across the city and county. They have issued a joint call to home builders and housing developers to offer the four councils houses and apartments with planning permission […]
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, has published a progress update on the planning measures he introduced around two years ago to increase home ownership and restrict the practice of the bulk sale of homes across the country. The update on housing shows that 31,000 homes received planning permission with conditions […]
The Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Deirdre Forde, officially opened 202 new homes for Cork City. The Lord Mayor opened 20 new homes in Laurel Heights, Shanakiel. This development is comprised of three, one-bedroom apartments, nine, two-bedroom apartments and eight one-bedroom house. The scheme was developed by Summertime Developments and constructed by Murphy &
Limerick City and County Council, in partnership with FHSH Developments Ltd. and Formation Homes, has launched an affordable housing scheme for private buyers at Brú na Gruadán, Castletroy. The Brú na Gruadán affordable housing scheme is a superb new development of 25 homes consisting of three-bedroom duplexes and four-bedroom houses with prices starting from €262,500 […]
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) published a report giving details of the nearly 10,000 home energy upgrades supported through Government funded SEAI grant schemes in the first quarter of 2023. The retrofitting target overall for 2023 is to support over 37,000 home energy upgrades. On first quarter performance, and based on the robust […]
Fingal County Council has launched an innovative new strategy for housing that aims to provide people with disabilities better opportunities and foster a more inclusive community. The approach not only prioritises accessibility but also recognises the importance of creating environments that promote independence, equality, and integration for all residents. Individuals
The Health Research Board (HRB) has published a report of premature deaths among homeless people. The report was commissioned by the Department of Health in order to improve understanding of premature mortality among people who are homeless and to inform healthcare policy and services for this cohort. A study of 2020 data is currently underway and will […]
Kildare County Council has launched its first affordable housing purchase scheme for private buyers at Grey Abbey, Kildare Town. The development of 21 new homes, in partnership with Glenveagh Properties, aims to provide first-time buyers and other eligible homebuyers with the opportunity to buy a newly built home in a private development. Construction commenced on […]
Donegal County Council has confirmed that it has acquired two large sites in Letterkenny in a major boost to housing in the area, with a view to building in excess of 300 new homes in the town under the Housing for All Programme. Given the current housing challenges, this is a significant boost and offers […]
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and the Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Kieran O’Donnell, have announced €83.125 million in national funding for Housing Adaptation Grant for Older and Disabled people for 2023. This is a 2.3% increase on the initial 2022 funding allocation and represents a continuation […]
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien TD officially opened a new social housing development of 52 homes at Canal Bridge in Bluebell, Dublin in the presence the Lord Mayor of Dublin Caroline Conroy. The homes are delivered by Approved Housing Body and service provider Respond, in partnership with Dublin City Council. […]