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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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Social Housing Waiting Lists Fall By Over 36% in Six Years

By Ryan Harmon 27 March 2023

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien, has published figures from the 2022 Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) which show a substantial reduction of 36.8% in social housing waiting lists since the first annual assessment was conducted in 2016. The 2022 SSHA shows 57,842 households were assessed as being qualified for, […]

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New Dublin City Council Project Recommends Best Way to Future-Proof Social Housing

By Ryan Harmon 8 February 2023

Dublin City Council has launched the results of a new digital twin project, examining different ways to future-proof its social housing stock.   A digital twin is a virtual representation using real-time data, which can be used to simulate relationships between factors such as people, buildings and the environment. These virtual models have become a staple […]

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Donegal County Council Delivers on New Social Housing in Donegal Town

By Ryan Harmon 24 March 2022

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, […]

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Cork City Council Shortlisted for Irish Council for Social Housing Allianz Community Housing Awards

By Ryan Harmon 8 September 2021

Cork City Council has been shortlisted in several categories under the ICSH Allianz Social Housing Awards 2021 and is inviting the public to vote in the competition. Voting opened on Monday 6th September at 8.00am and will close at midnight Monday the 13th  of September. The ICSH Allianz Community Housing Awards showcase innovative and sustainable social housing projects

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Peter McVerry Trust hits Housing First target in Midlands

By Jack Mullen 23 February 2021

Image Courtesy of The Peter McVerry Trust via Twitter The national housing and homeless charity, the Peter McVerry Trust, has announced that it has met its Housing First target in the Midlands for 2020. In its first year since signing the three-year contract, the charity has created 11 Housing First tenancies across the Midlands. Pat […]

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Almost 10,000 Social Housing Units Available in Cork

By admin 2 October 2018

Cork County Council have confirmed they will deliver 462 new social homes by the end of the year. The Council currently has 65 units under construction and plan to provide and additional 156 through direct build and the acquisition of turnkey schemes. Developments underway are situated in Kilnagleary Carrigaline, Masseytown, Macroom, and Cloyne. In delivering […]

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Dublin Councils Offer Scheme to Landlords to Boost Social Housing.

By admin 26 May 2015

Dublin city and county councils are offering generous schemes to existing and potential landlords, in the hope that such incentives might increase the provision of social housing for lower-income tenants in the city.  The scheme would allow potential landlords to deal with the councils themselves rather than directly with tenants, and guarantee income levels (up […]