Cork County Council has published its Housing Delivery Action Plan which sets out targets to build up to 3,880 social and affordable homes across the county by both the Council itself as well as approved housing bodies over the next five years. The plan aims to deliver 3,198 social housing homes and 682 affordable homes through direct build, turnkey […]
First Home, a new scheme set up to make it easier for First-Time Buyers to afford a new build home as part of the Government’s Housing for All strategy, has opened for business. The €400 million affordable purchase scheme, designed in conjunction with mortgage providers and Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), aims to bridge […]
The Housing Commission has launched a public consultation seeking views on a Referendum on Housing in Ireland. The consultation asks submissions to consider whether there should be a constitutional amendment and if so what form it should take. The Commission is encouraging as many people as possible to have their say in this consultation on […]
The Land Development Agency (LDA) has appointed the contractor for the development of 597 new homes at Shanganagh, Co. Dublin, with work on site to commence in September. The affordable housing project is being delivered in partnership with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLR) and will be devoted 100% to affordable and social homes. On completion, […]
Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Colm Kelleher, has officially opened 106 new homes for Cork City. Thirteen new homes were opened in 7-11 Gerald Griffin Street, Blackpool, comprising of twelve apartments and one house on a formerly vacant site developed in partnership with Cahalane Brothers. The development will be managed by Focus Ireland who will utilise […]
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (dlr) is pleased to announce the delivery of 21 new homes at Broadford Court, Ballinteer, Dublin 16. The development, which is arranged around an enclosed landscaped courtyard, also has a community room, and underground parking. The scheme has been designed to provide suitable accommodation for older persons and is well served […]
Cygnum, who are one of the country’s largest timber frame manufacturers, has announced 50 new jobs in Cork as it’s upping its output by 60 percent to try help meet the government’s Housing for All targets. The company made the big announcement following a €7 million investment over the last five years. Cygnum, who celebrate […]
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien has launched the government’s new National Policy on Architecture, following its recent approval by Cabinet. The new policy, ‘Places for People’ will boost public engagement with architecture, empower the architectural profession, especially within the public service, raise design quality, and improve data
The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan has welcomed the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien TD to Cork County to visit six newly constructed Social Housing Developments in Cork. These developments consist of three Public Private Partnership (PPP) Schemes, two Turnkey Developments and one Own Build Development. Mayor Coughlan
Dublin City Council has launched a new housing delivery process that aims to enable private developers to engage with Dublin City Council on sites with existing planning permission to potentially supply and deliver a significant volume of public housing units. Under the Competitive Dialogue process, homebuilders and housing developers are being asked to make submissions
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, and the Chief Executive of The Housing Agency, Bob Jordan, have launched a call for Expressions of Interest in the Government’s proposed Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme, which aims to increase supply of owner-occupier apartments and provide those who wish to purchase a home with […]
Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, have launched Housing for All Future Building Initiative that is dedicated to recruit construction workers. The FutureBuilding Initiative is an 18-month pilot which will operate through a team staffed by Intreo from the
150 new jobs are to be created in the expansion of Longford based modular housing supplier, Framespace. The move comes as the company, which already employs 100 people, officially opens its new €8m factory. The refurbished former Cameron Willis engineering plant in the town will enable the company to deliver 550 residential units built offsite […]
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien T.D has announced that the development of a new Youth Homelessness Strategy will now progress to an important phase of direct consultation with young people throughout the rest of this month. Once these views have been received and incorporated, the Strategy will be finalised. Chairing the […]
Chambers Ireland welcomes the “Housing for All” update, but is concerned about the financial viability of projects in the pipeline. Following the Housing for All update last week, Chambers Ireland’s Chief Executive, Ian Talbot said, “we are glad that the issue of housing is receiving the highest priority in government and look forward to Croí […]
Vacanthomes.ie, the web portal established by Mayo County Council on behalf of the local government sector is assisting in providing much needed housing for Ukrainian Refugees. Over recent times, with the assistance of local authorities and the general public, thousands of vacant homes right across the country have been logged on to the vacanthomes.ie website. This […]
As part of its Social housing capital programme, Donegal County Council have completed the turnkey acquisition of 38 properties that are currently under construction at Oak Meadows, Drumbar, Donegal Town. The acquisition of these houses is a major investment of in excess of €7.6m in the social housing stock in the county and in particular, […]
Construction is due to begin shortly on 57 new homes in Moyross as part of Limerick Regeneration. The development spans two sites in Dalgaish Park and Cosgrave Park and is in walking distance to the Watch House Cross Neighbourhood Centre, public transport and the local school and church. The development will be a blend of […]
Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage visited Waterford City on Friday February 25th to officially open Butterfield, Mount Neil Estate at Carrickphierish. Comprising of 57 units, Phase 1 is now completed and occupied with Phase 2 tenancy scheduled for March 2022. The development was funded through the Social Housing Current Expenditure
Sixteen three-bedroom duplex homes are being offered for sale by South Dublin County Council under a pilot affordable homes purchase arrangement. These homes are being made available for mortgage approved, first-time buyers only. The affordable purchase price to be paid will be linked to applicant(s) income (and savings where relevant) and mortgage capacity – the