Supporting Recovery – Building more homes for more people 3 Key Asks Increased supply of public, social and affordable housing via not -for-profit sector We strongly believe that State funded social and affordable housing should only be undertaken by the not-for-profit sector via Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies, whilst recognising that the private sector […]
Housing Alliance announces new Chairman and Vice Chairman
Housing Alliance announces dual appointment of Sean O’Connor as Chairman and John Hannigan as Vice Chairman Sean O’Connor is the Chief Executive of Tuath Housing and a Chartered Surveyor with dual SCSI and RICS membership. Sean is also a long-standing member of the Chartered Institute of Housing with a master’s degree in Housing from South […]
Housing Alliance Pre-Budget Submission 2021
Outlining 5 key asks to help develop a policy environment that will support and sustain an increase in the delivery of social and affordable rental housing. The Housing Alliance, a collaboration of six of the largest Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in Ireland (Circle VHA, Clúid Housing, Co-operative Housing Ireland, Oaklee, Respond, and Tuath Housing), today […]
Funding and regulatory obstacles frustrating delivery of social and affordable housing
– Housing Alliance representatives meet Oireachtas members to voice their concerns – The Housing Alliance, a collaboration of six of Ireland’s largest Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) launched its new campaign, ‘More Social and Affordable Homes’, and met with members of the Oireachtas at an event in Dublin today (08.05.2019). AHBs are not-for-profit organisations that have […]
Housing Alliance Members Deliver Record Levels of Social Housing
The Housing Alliance today announced that its members are now responsible for approximately 19,963 social housing tenancies across Ireland. This represents two thirds of the total AHB (Approved Housing Body) housing stock owned or managed by the 253 AHBs registered with the AHB regulator. In 2019 alone, Housing Alliance members are on target to deliver […]
Housing Alliance address the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
In August 2018, the Housing Alliance addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government on the reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) Brian O’Gorman, Chair of the Housing Alliance was joined by Kieron Brennan, CEO of Co-operative Housing Ireland, and John Hannigan, CEO of Circle Voluntary Housing Association. Read the opening […]