Post Tagged with: "Social housing"

THE Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has today granted approval in principle to Kerry County Council for a turnkey development of 61 social homes at Springfield Drive, Ballyyoughtragh North, Milltown. The homes are a mix of three and four bedroom units. Welcoming the announcement, Minister for Education and Kerry […]

KERRY County Council currently has plans to deliver 164 social housing units between now and November 2026. At the meeting of Tralee Municipal District (MD) of Kerry County Council on Monday, Fianna Fáil Cllr. Mikey Sheehy asked how many housing units are currently being planned in the MD. The councillors were […]

APPROVAL in principle has been issued by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Kerry County Council for the construction of 24 social homes at the Old Denny Site/Island of Geese on the Matt Talbot Road side. In total the new build will consist of 17 one-bedroomed and […]

GRANT funding totalling €991,600 has been allocated to Kerry County Council under the 2020 Voids Stimulus Programme to enable the refurbishing of 50 social housing units for the purpose of re-letting them to individuals and families. As part of the July Stimulus Programme, the Department of Housing, Local Government and […]

COUNCILLORS unanimously approved the construction of a 61 unit housing development at Lohercannon on the outskirts of town at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Tuesday morning. However, while welcoming the much-needed local authority housing, some councillors lamented the fact that a stone wall, which […]

COUNCILLORS in the Tralee Municipal District approved local authority housing developments in Tralee at the July meeting at county buildings this morning. There will be 30 residential units built at Croogorts near the Gort na Gréine/Rockwood Park/Lios Rua/Gallowsfield estates, on a greenfield site of 1.13 hectares. The application for the […]

THE contracts have been signed for the construction of 29 new social housing units in the county. The new homes are being developed by Kerry County Council in Listowel, Milltown and Killorglin under the Rebuilding Ireland programme. The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Norma Foley, and the Chief Executive […]

A DEVELOPMENT of 56 new social housing units is to be built in Lohercannon after the Taoiseach approved funding of €11.6m for the project. Leo Varadkar announced the funding on his visit to Tralee on Friday when he was in town at a Fine Gael party function to honour former […]

  KERRY County Council has issued a call for properties which have been vacant for more than one year for possible use for social housing purposes. The newly launched Repair and Leasing Scheme targets vacant properties as a possible source of social housing and provides property owners with an income stream […]

FUNDING to the tune of over €1.8 has been announced for two Tralee social housing projects by Minister for the Environment, Alan Kelly this morning. It’s part of a €10.6m package for Kerry that sees other areas of the county receive large amounts of funding for social housing. The package includes, […]

KERRY County Council aim to purchase over 30 properties for social housing by the end of the year. In total, it is expected that over 400 housing units in all will be delivered by the end of 2015. In a report by John Breen, Director of Services at the Council […]

  A 12 unit social housing development at Killeen was part of a number of projects given the green light today with the allocation by the Government of €6.3m for Kerry. Overall, it will deliver 28 houses in areas such as Tralee, Killarney and Lixnaw and permit the building of 12 additional […]