A circular has recently been issued giving guidance to housing associations regarding the discharge of the mortgage deed where the mortgage deed has expired. The circular can be downloaded as follows:
Press Release
20th May 2014
The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) today welcomes the approval by Cabinet of the Implementation Plan on the State's Response to Homelessness.
Mr Donal McManus, Executive Director, ICSH said 'The measures outlined in the plan published today are wide ranging and practical and the ICSH welcome the key role which will be played by Approved Housing Bodies in its implementation'.
The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government recently wrote to all approved housing bodies informing them of the establishment of an interim Regulatory Committee and the publication of the register of approved housing bodies on the DECLG's website (www.environ.ie).
Further information on both these development is availble in the letter which can be downloaded here.
A newly identified social housing need of nearly 90,000 households has highlighted a looming supply crisis with the problem worsening in the Dublin area, according to the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH).
The new report from the Housing Agency – the 2013 Housing Needs Assessment - shows the scale of local authority housing needs across the country.
Non-profit housing associations could help find homes for up to 5,000 families and vulnerable groups such as older people and those with disabilities, a new survey by the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) has found.
And ICSH warned that this is vital at a time when pressure for social housing is building rapidly, especially in Dublin.
15th October 2013
The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) has today called for a ‘social dividend’ from the NAMA investment announced in Budget 2014 which is to include construction of 4,500 homes and apartments in Dublin. This would ensure that these properties will be used to house households in most housing need.
‘Denial of rent supplement is making independent living impossible for people with disabilities’ housing federation claims
3rd October 2013
People with disabilities are being denied access to rent supplement by the Department of Social Protection which is affecting their ability to live independently in the community. The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH), the national representative federation for non-profit housing associations, has today expressed its frustration in trying to resolve the impasse between Government departments and the reluctance by the State to address this widespread and growing practice across the country.
The ICSH Board Member and Governing Board Award for 2013, sponsored by the Housing Agency, were presented to the winners at the ICSH National Social Housing Conference in Wexford.
The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) which represents nearly 300 non-profit housing associations has welcomed the publication of a new code of regulation for the sector today.
(The voluntary code of regulation can be downloaded here.)