News & Events
News & Events
With the collaboration of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, and the Law Society of Ireland, The Housing Agency hosted a free webinar for stakeholders in the multi-unit developments and apartment sector. Panellists Aisling Keenan, management agent and author of Owners’ Management Companies Law and Best Practice, and Suzanne Bainton, solicitor with Liston & Company, addressed challenges facing MUDs and owners’ management companies in the context of the COVID-19 emergency.
In keeping with Government COVID-19 measures, the majority of staff in The Housing Agency are working remotely. If you wish to contact The Housing Agency with a general query please email info@housingagency.ie.
Alternatively if you have a specific query, please contact the relevant department below.
With the collaboration of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, and the Law Society of Ireland, The Housing Agency will host a free webinar for stakeholders in the multi-unit developments and apartment sector.
Further to our 10 Tips for OMCs during COVID-19, we have prepared information on finance and governance matters that may require consideration by an OMC board of directors.
OMC Finances & Governance During COVID-19
Queries on the information should be directed to MUD@housingagency.ie.
We have prepared some tips for directors of residential owners' management companies to consider during the COVID-19 period.
10 Tips for Owners' Management Companies During Covid-19
Queries should be directed to MUD@housingagency.ie.
In light of national emergency measures in place in relation to the coronavirus Covid-19, The Housing Agency would like to inform our customers that our work will continue.
Contingency plans are now in place across the Agency. This includes staff working from home, leaving The Housing Agency in a position to provide our services.
Multi-unit developments (MUDs) are developments of several homes that share certain facilities. These managed estates are often apartment buildings or duplexes, but they can also be townhouses or stand-alone houses that share common facilities. These communities rely on robust owners’ management companies (OMCs) for them to be successful and sustainable.
With the increasing number of apartments, MUDs, and OMCs across the country, The Housing Agency is holding information webinars for volunteer directors of OMCs.
The webinars will cover:
In January 2020 The Housing Agency hosted an event focussed on how best to meet the housing needs of older people. “Bringing housing, health and social care together - solutions for an ageing population: The Housing LIN experience” brought together key stakeholders in health, housing and ageing to hear about potential ways to address this issue.
Each year, the Housing Agency carries out an assessment of households qualified for social housing support. The Summary of Social Housing Assessments brings together information provided by local authorities on households 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.
Today marks the International Day of People with Disabilities. Since 1992, IDPWD has been observed every December 3rd by a range of organisations around the world.
The theme this year is "The Future is Accessible" and envisions a time when all environmental and social barriers for people with disabilities are identified and everyone works together to overcome them.