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Multi-Unit Developments Training Webinars
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Hosted by The Housing Agency, this series of six free weekly webinars will see experts deliver guidance on the governance and management of apartments and multi-unit developments.

The live lunchtime training sessions will be of relevance to stakeholders involved with multi-unit developments (MUDs), and particularly to directors of owners' management companies (OMCs).

Attendees at all six live training sessions will be issued with a certificate of attendance.* 

Sessions will be held live from 12:30-2pm on six consecutive Wednesdays.

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Tenant Engagement Workshop for housing professionals, 22 July
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To register your interest in attending the next Tenant Engagement Workshop please complete your information at the following link - register your interest.

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Watch back: Key Issues in Tackling Homelessness
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On Thursday, 24 June The Housing Agency hosted 'Key Issues in Tackling Homelessness,' the first in a series of webinars on housing vulnerability. The webinar provided an opportunity to hear about policy and practice approaches to housing vulnerability from national and international experts.

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Launch of AgeFriendlyHomes.ie
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The Housing Agency, Age Friendly Ireland and The Departments of Health and Housing, Local Government and Heritage have launched AgeFriendlyHomes.ie, a new website providing resources, guidance and information on housing for our ageing population.

On AgeFriendlyHomes.ie you will find information on new and existing homes, grants and funding, healthcare, design information, technology, public realm, regulations, policy and research.

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New guide highlights 10 considerations for directors involved in ownership and management of residential estates
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A new guide published today by The Housing Agency and Chartered Accountants Ireland identifies ten considerations for directors of the bodies that manage the shared spaces and services of multi-unit developments such as apartments and housing estates.

Read Owners’ Management Companies – A Concise Guide for Directors here.

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Launch of New Guide for Owners’ Management Companies
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The Housing Agency and Chartered Accountants Ireland will launch Owners’ Management Companies - A Concise Guide for Directors at a webinar at 1pm on Wednesday 19 May 2021.

An increasing number of people in Ireland live in apartment developments and managed estates. Between 2002 and 2016 the number of apartments in Ireland rose by 85%. In 2019 planning permissions in Ireland for apartments exceeded those for houses for the first time.

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Event: Roadmapping a Viable Community-Led Housing Sector for Ireland
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Community-Led Housing is a ground-up approach which enables people to pool their assets and collective resources to create homes and communities which meet their needs in a sustainable manner. This webinar will launch the publication 'Roadmapping a Viable Community-Led Housing Sector for Ireland'.
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MUD Act: bringing home owners together for the common good
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On Sunday 11 April, The Business Post published a piece by David Rouse, Multi-Unit Developments Adviser with The Housing Agency, marking ten years of the Multi-Unit Developments Act. Views expressed are those of the author.
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Event: Shaping Investment Pathways to Deliver Affordable Housing
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The #Housing2030 initiative partners – Housing Europe, UNECE and UN-Habitat – are proud to present the fourth and final in a series of thematic conferences: “Shaping investment pathways to deliver affordable housing”. This event is presented in association with The Housing Agency.

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The Housing Agency welcomes reduction in number of households on social housing waiting list
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The Housing Agency has welcomed the publication of the Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) 2020, which has recorded a fall in the number of households in Ireland on a waiting list for social housing.

Prepared by The Housing Agency using local authority data, key findings of the SSHA 2020 include:

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