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Co-living could never solve Ireland's housing crisis, it could only contribute to exacerbating it, which is why the Government's decision to legislate against new co-living developments should be welcomed.

The Department for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, as confirmed by Minister Peter Burke, has allocated €3.3 million to Westmeath County Council for the retrofitting of 150 local authority-owned houses in the county.

Westmeath County Council has been granted €400,300 to refurbish social housing units which will be re-let to individuals struggling with homelessness or on a housing list, a Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael Minister in the Department of Housing has said.

Minister Michael Ring has confirmed that he has approved a €300,000 LEADER funding allocation to support the rebuilding of Ballinrobe Town Hall.

DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard’s new homes division has experienced a hugely successful 2019, recording strong sales results throughout a very busy year. While the Galway market had seen the first real signs of much awaited new homes beginning to come to the market in 2018, the full impact was felt this year.

The acquisition by Tuath Housing, of 32 properties for social housing purposes within The Orchard residential estate in Cornamaddy, was the focus of detailed discussion at the monthly meeting of Athlone Moate Municipal District.

Trade unions, political parties, women’s groups, student unions, housing agencies and community groups have joined forces in Galway to stage a major rally on the housing emergency, this Monday April 8.

The Galway City Council is being urged totreat as “urgent” projects which involve the provision of housing that was allocated funding under a Government regeneration scheme this week.

As of our most recent City Council Housing Report there are 210 persons in emergency accommodation in the city. This number includes 41 families and 152 children. This number increases from year to year and the City Housing Department, in reply to my question about the projected cost of next years homeless budget, have confirmed they are seeking more funding due to increasing numbers presenting as homeless. The crisis in Housing is getting worse not better and it is a failure of government to put the resources in place and a failure of our local authority to fully implement plans.

People Before Profit (PBP) Mayo will hold a public meeting on housing and homelessness at 8pm on Tuesday, March 20 in the Station House Hotel in Ballina.