Publications

We have carried out research on a wide range of different aspects of housing. This includes housing for specific groups (travellers, older people and people with a disability), housing tenure (private rented, social and owner occupied) and housing market (supply, demand, place, design). The Housing Agency also carries out an annual survey on tackling the issue of unfinished housing developments.

If you are looking for something in particular or if there is a knowledge gap in terms of a specific area, where you think there is a need for research, please get in touch email: info@housingagency.ie

Our quarterly newsletter gathers together useful information for housing practitioners. You can subscribe to the quarterly newsletter at this link

Multi-Unit Developments & Owners’ Management Companies: A Compilation of Writing from The Housing Agency
Posted:  Research area: Owner Occupied

This compilation brings together in one place writing from the Agency in relation to multi-unit developments and owners’ management companies.

Articles explain the relationships, stakeholders, and systems underpinning apartments, an expanding component of Ireland’s housing stock. 

It is hoped that the material will provide readers with an enhanced understanding of the elements necessary to achieve successful apartment living.

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The Housing Agency Annual Report 2021
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This is the Housing Agency’s Year Annual Report outlining the Agency’s activities and financial performance in the period
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Evaluation of Phase 2 of the Dublin City Age Friendly ‘Housing with Support Model’ in Inchicore
Posted:  Research area: Housing For Older People

This report evaluates the second phase of the ‘Housing with Support’ development in Inchicore. Housing with Support is a specialised housing option, primarily for older people, that falls between living independently in the community and living in a nursing home or other form of long-term care. This evaluation examines the successes and barriers in this phase, the reasons why they happened, and the solutions involved.

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Residential Satisfaction during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ireland 2020
Posted:  Research area: Housing Attitudes & Aspirations Series, Demand, Supply, Place

This study is the third in the Housing Agency series National Study of Housing Experiences, Attitudes and Aspirations in Ireland.

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Housing Options Guide
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The Housing Options document is a guide to the housing options that are available through local authorities. It provides information on social housing eligibility, how to apply for social housing support, assessment and social housing provisions. 

The document is an initial source of information. All local authorities have websites where additional and more detailed information can be found on all the options contained in this document.

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How to Develop a Housing with Support Scheme for Older People: Framework Toolkit
Posted:  Research area: Housing For Older People

This toolkit has been developed as a mechanism of capturing and sharing the learning arising from the Dublin City Age Friendly Housing with Support project. The overall aim is to provide a guide, particularly for social housing providers (to include local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHB) interested in developing Housing with Support projects for older people. It may also be useful to private developers interested in developing this type of housing.

It incorporates learnings from phase one and phase two of the Housing with Supports project.

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Policy Insights Series Issue 2- Developing a Tenant Engagement Culture and Structure: The Case of Circle VHA
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The Housing Agency Housing Insight Series aims to disseminate good practice in housing and innovative solutions among housing practitioners in Ireland. Issues are published quarterly and provide a case study of effective, practical implementation of a piece of housing policy or practice. The resulting short paper is intended to provide a knowledge base and provide ideas to others in the sector, building the overall capacity of the sector. The Housing Agency sources case-studies from our staff, The Housing Agency panels, housing practitioners and stakeholders.

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Opening Statement: Bob Jordan, Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022
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On Thursday 23rd June, The Housing Agency was asked to attend the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing to discuss  the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022. The Housing Agency's CEO, Bob Jordan was joined by Peadar Espey, The Housing Agency’s Programme Manager for the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme for the committee session. 

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Policy Insights Series: Issue 1 - Homelessness in the South-East Region
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The Housing Agency Housing Insight Series aims to disseminate good practice in housing and innovative solutions among housing practitioners in Ireland. Issues are published quarterly and provide a case study of effective, practical implementation of a piece of housing policy or practice. The resulting short paper is intended to provide a knowledge base and provide ideas to others in the sector, building the overall capacity of the sector. The Housing Agency sources case-studies from our staff, The Housing Agency panels, housing practioners and stakeholders.

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The Housed Homeless: The role of housing policy in supporting victims of  Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
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The Housed Homeless: The role of housing in supporting victims of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

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