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National Housing Policy

In June 2011 the Goverment launched a housing policy statement that outlines a vision for the future of the housing sector in Ireland “based on choice, fairness, equity across tenures and on delivering quality outcomes for the resources invested”.

A summary of measures outlined in the document are:

more equitable treatment of housing tenure
maximising the delivery of social housing supports within the resources available
transfer of responsibility for long term recipients of rent supplement to local authorities
new mechanisms for the delivery of permanent social housing
the standing down of all affordable housing schemes
formal review of Part V
publication of Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities
delivery of housing supports for households with special needs
creating an enabling regulatory framework to support the increasingly prominent role of the voluntary and cooperative sector in housing delivery and
the implementation of measures to tackle anti-social behaviour across all housing tenures.

The following is a list of housing policy documents published in Ireland

Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities (2007) (pdf, 1,618kb)
Building Sustaining Communities (2005) (pdf, 383kb)
Social Housing - The Way Ahead (1995) (Dept, free)
A Plan for Social Housing (1991) (Dept, free)
Department of Local Government (1969) Housing in the Seventies
(Dublin: Stationery Office).
Minister for Local Government (1964) Housing – Progress and Prospects
(Dublin: Stationery Office)
Department of Local Government (1948) Housing: A Review of Past Operations and Immediate Requirements (Dublin: Stationery Office).
Housing Policy Statement - June 2011 (pdf, 65kb)
Housing Needs Assessment Report 2011 (pdf, 2,853 kb)
QualityHousing for Sustainable Communities - Design Guidelines (pdf, 5,843 kb)

Further information on housing policy is available in a review of housing policy, Housing Policy Review 1990 – 2002 (pdf, 896kb), which was carried out on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

Administration of Rent and Mortgage Interest Assistance (1999)

Capital Assistance Allocations 2010 (doc, 104 kb) 05/02/2010

Capital Funding Schemes for the Provision of Rental Accommodation (pdf, 339 kb)

Circular Housing 41/2012 - Access to Social Housing Supports for non-Irish nationals(pdf, 659 kb)

Circular SHIP 2010/13 - Capital Assistance Scheme - Proposals for the Provision of Accommodation by Approved Housing Bodies for People with Specific Categories of Housing Need (pdf, 73 kb)

Circular SHIP 2010/13 - Capital Assistance Scheme - Memorandum (pdf, 87 kb)

Dealing with Mortgage Arrears - A Guide for Local Authorities (doc, 149 kb)

Housing Management Group – First Report (1996),

Housing Management Group – Second Report (1998),

Housing Needs Assessment 2005 (pdf, 61 kb)

Housing Policy Review 1990 - 2002 (pdf, 896 kb)

Housing Policy Framework- Building Sustainable Communities (pdf, 383 kb)

Implementation of Affordable Housing Initiative 2nd Progress Report: Main Report (pdf, 473 kb)

Irish National Survey of Housing Quality 2001 - 2002 - Main Report (pdf, 1,587 kb)

Other

Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2013- This report provides an overview of the key findings of the Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2013, published by The Housing Agency in December 2o13

Combating Social Disadvantage in Social Housing Estates: The policy implications of a ten-year follow-up study, published by Combat Poverty Agency in February 2011

Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears published by the Central Bank of ireland in 2013.

The Roof over our Heads published by the Central Statistics Office, published in 2012