In this briefing we look at the housing action programme and the challenges it faces in delivering sufficient affordable housing to meet the future needs of the country. The key question: is the current policy platform sufficient robust or is a change in direction required?
This briefing presents an overview of the planning policy role assigned to the five main city regions in the draft National Planning Framework Ireland 2040 Our Plan, and discusses the challenges likely to arise in implementing the objectives set for those cities.
This is the first of a series of briefings discussing the consequences of tourism on the economic and social development of towns and cities (both positive and negative) since the year 2017 has been declared by the United Nations the Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.
By 2021 it is proposed that over 5,000 social housing units will be provided annually by social landlords, but there are major challenges facing the voluntary sector in achieving this. This briefing looks at some of the issues facing housing associations.
What is a sense of place and why should it matter to every local authority and how can councils foster a positive sense of place? This briefing provides an introduction to a future series of briefings exploring place and planning, wellbeing, the arts, engagement, regeneration and new places.
In this briefing, we look at the context, focus on some of the areas that we believe are highlighted by the aftermath of the fire, and provide links to other resources from the UK that could be helpful to councillors and officers in Ireland and elsewhere.
LGiU Ireland’s Hannah Muirhead explores the key learnings from a workshop looking at the relationship between housing, homelessness and health, and what we in local government might do about it.
The accuracy of the official figures on housing output has been called into question and received prominent coverage in the national press. This briefing looks at the main sources of information and provides some cautionary words.
This paper examines housing/homelessness services to ascertain how changes to central government funding streams have affected their provision, and provide a comparative analysis of the Scottish case by assessing the current central-local government relationship in England and Ireland.
Sections of the Housing Act have not been implemented and no significant policy changes introduced. In this briefing we look at some of the implications of continuing with an unreformed rent model for social housing in Ireland.