– Long-term solutions to delivering social and affordable homes more important than ever – The State must maintain investment in social housing as part of the Covid-19 recovery package according to the Housing Alliance, a collaboration of six of Ireland’s largest Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The Housing Alliance held an online political briefing today (07.05.20) […]
Housing Alliance event to highlight housing priorities for new Oireachtas
The Housing Alliance, a collaboration of six of Ireland’s largest Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), will hold an online political briefing event for members of the Oireachtas on Thursday, 7th May. The briefing will highlight the key role Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) can play in overcoming the challenges currently facing the housing sector and in delivering […]
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 […]
Public Affairs Ireland Conference – Rebuilding Ireland
Defining the Role of Housing Associations in the Provision of Social and Affordable Housing. In May 2018, Public Affairs Ireland welcomed delegates to Dublin’s Radisson Blu Royal Hotel to engage in a discussion about the social housing crisis and, in particular, the role of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in the delivery of the Government’s goals. […]