News & Events
News & Events
The Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2024 brings together information provided by local authorities on households in their functional area that are qualified for social housing support but whose social housing need is not currently being met. It is a point-in-time assessment of the identified need for social housing support across the country.
To meet the growing demand for housing in Ireland it is essential that in addition to building new homes, the existing stock is being used effectively. Key to this is tackling the continued presence of vacant and derelict property across the country.
When complete, Cherrywood in south Dublin will be the largest Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) in the history of the State with some 10,500 new homes accommodating a population of around 26,000 people.
As the largest undeveloped landbank in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) area, and the largest of all 11 SDZ projects in Ireland, Cherrywood SDZ presents unique challenges, particularly in coordinating significant infrastructure across multiple landowners.
The Property Services Regulatory Authority and The Housing Agency will hold a lunchtime live webinar to provide insights into the importance of the Letter of Engagement (or contract) between owners’ management companies (OMCs) and licensed property management agents.
Maeve Hogan, Chief Executive Officer of the PSRA, will provide an overview of:
STATEMENT
Thursday, 13th February, 2025
Important update on Interim Remediation Scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes
Read the Housing Agency February 2025 Stakeholder Newsletter - February 2025 Stakeholder Newsletter
The Housing Agency and the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) will host the 2025 Housing Practitioners’ Conference, taking place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath on Thursday, 10th April and Friday 11th April (half day).
The conference will involve expert speakers and workshops. The conference brochure is available to view here - Conference Brochure
The Housing Agency has put together a reference document with information for housing practitioners, academics and students. Read the 2024 Key Irish Housing Publications Report here - 2024 Key Irish Housing Publications
It lists, by month, Irish housing papers, publications, and reports with links to sources from 2024. This is the second instalment of this report.
We hope it will be a useful resource for the sector.
Join our webinar series on community-led housing!
Community-led housing encompasses a wide range of approaches to housing, but they all share a common goal – to meet a local housing need via collaboration, empowerment and mutual support.
Our webinar series aims to raise awareness of community-led housing as a new form of affordable housing in Ireland, to showcase examples of it in other countries and reflect on the future of community-led housing in Ireland.
PRESS STATEMENT
Wednesday, 18th December, 2024
Housing Agency announces Martin Whelan as new CEO
The Housing Agency is pleased to announce that Martin Whelan has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Agency and will take up the role on 31st March, 2025.
Mr Whelan will join The Housing Agency from the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) where he is currently Head of Group Corporate Affairs and Communications.