18th February 2015
The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) has welcomed the announcement of the new investment programme for housing backed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Housing Finance Agency (HFA) which will see an additional 2,000 units delivered over the next three years.
This report has been commissioned by the ICSH to carry out a thorough assessment of the current financial mechanisms and future funding options available that will enable effective social housing delivery for the AHB sector and identify options for increasing the supply of housing, particularly social, in Ireland post-2015.
Revised CALF financial models are now available on the Members Only section of our website. Log in with your previously supplied details and click on the Leasing Publications and Circulars section to access these. If you have any problems with logging in, please contact Catherine McGillycuddy on catherine@icsh.ie or 01 6618334.
The full version of the Social Housing Strategy is available here.
The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) has welcomed the Government’s social housing strategy, published today (26.11.14), as “long over-due and badly needed”. The Council also highlighted the “key role” earmarked for non-profit housing associations in the delivery of new social housing.
The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH), the national federation of non-profit housing associations who manage up to 27,000 homes for families and vulnerable groups, has expressed its concern at the inclusion of provisions in the new Water Charges Plan which will force landlords to hand over the deposits of tenants to Irish Water should they fail to engage with the company on the payment of arrears due on the account.
The recent ICSH Housing Finance Conference held in Limerick and supported by AIB received extensive media coverage, some of which is outlined below:
Wednesday, 8th October 2014
Broadcast
Speaking after the budget announcements today, Executive Director of the Irish Council for Social Housing, Mr Donal McManus welcomed the announcement saying ‘this is a first step to advancing a programme which will boost supply of social housing to those most in need’. He stated, ‘‘The ICSH has previously called for a multi annual development programme for social housing which benefits both those in housing need and the economy’.
The Irish Council for Social Housing today welcomed the decision to require developers to provide up to 10% of their housing units for social housing through Part V.