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Major Housing Boost As Donegal County Council Confirms Significant Land Acquisitions

By Ryan Harmon 9 May 2023

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 […]

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Clare County Council Aims to Surpass Target for Delivery of Social Housing Over Next Two Years

By Ryan Harmon 28 April 2023

Clare County Council is on track to exceed its target of 302 social housing units under the ‘Housing for All’ plan over the next two years through its own capital projects and by supporting approved housing bodies in their delivery of housing units. The Council outlined details of housing developments following recent contract signings for […]

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2,307 Vacant Social Homes Returned to Active Use in 2022

By Ryan Harmon 10 February 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, published figures showing 2,307 vacant social homes were brought back into active use in 2022 under the Voids Programme. This is just above the anticipated figure of 2,273 vacant social homes, indicating that the intensive work in 2020 and 2021 by local authorities in this area has […]

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More Homebuyers Now Eligible for Local Authority Home Loan

By Ryan Harmon 9 February 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, announced significant improvements to the Local Authority Home Loan that will result in more people being eligible to apply for the State-backed mortgage. The prices of homes eligible for a Local Authority Home Loan and income limits of those eligible to apply for a loan […]

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First Youth Homelessness Strategy in Over 20 years Launched

By Ryan Harmon 10 November 2022

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has launched the Youth Homelessness Strategy 2023-2025. The first Youth Homelessness Strategy in two decades, it sets out 27 distinct actions to prevent young people entering homelessness, to improve the experiences of young people in emergency accommodation and to assist young people to exit […]

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153 New Homes in County Clare Opened

By Ryan Harmon 1 November 2022

153 new homes in County Clare, with a total approved budget of €40 million, were officially opened by Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien TD. The developments in Ennis, Miltown Malbay and Tulla provide 153 new homes through a combination of direct build and turnkey development schemes and were funded by the […]

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New ‘Ready to Build’ Scheme Announced

By Ryan Harmon 22 September 2022

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and the Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke, have announced the ‘Ready to Build’ Scheme. The scheme, which will be funded under the Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund, will see local authorities make available serviced sites in towns and villages […]

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Dublin City Council Launches New Housing Delivery Opportunity

By Ryan Harmon 16 May 2022

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

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New Drive to Recruit Construction Workers Launched

By Ryan Harmon 6 May 2022

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

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Chambers Ireland Welcomes the “Housing for All” Update

By Ryan Harmon 11 April 2022

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 […]

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Housing Conference 2021

By Ryan Harmon 8 November 2021

‘Housing for All: A New Housing Plan for Ireland’ will be the focus of The Housing Agency’s Housing Conference 2021, which will take place online from Monday 8 to Friday 12 November. Through daily webinars, Housing Conference 2021 will provide an overview of the aims and objectives of ‘Housing for All’ while facilitating in-depth discussion on