Housing
Our Goal
"To ensure that all persons in the County have affordable accommodation suitable to their social and personal needs"
The Council, in seeking to achieve this objective, and in line with the policies set down in the Policy Document "Delivering Homes - Sustaining Communities" published by by the Department of the Environment in 2007, continues to provide a wide range of housing services throughout the County.
Strategies
- To promote and utilise the options provided for in National Housing Policy.
- To implement our Social Housing Investment Programme.
- To implement the provisions of the Housing Strategy adopted by the Council under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 - 2002
- To prepare and implement a programme for advance land acquisition in accordance with National Housing Policy.
- To ensure that our housing policy encourages and supports Rural Sustainability, having regard to the provisions in the County Development Plan as adopted by the Council.
- To implement the 5 year plan for Traveller Accommodation 2009 - 2013.
- To implement the provisions of the Homeless Strategy and Action Plan.
- To promote, assist and develop the Voluntary Housing Sector in the County.
- To prioritise Social Inclusion by promoting resident participation in the management of social housing schemes.
- To promote compliance with Private Sector Residential Accommodation Legislation/Regulations in partnership with the Private Rented Tenancies Board.
- To upgrade our Housing Stock subject to the availability of funding both nationally and locally.
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