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Cheevers disappointed further delay over Ballybane social housing project
Cllr Alan Cheevers has expressed his disappointment at the news that Galway City Council has terminated its building contract for the social housing project Garraí Beag on Rockland Ave in Ballybane .
Farrell demands councils freeze rents for social housing tenants
A TD has written to the chief executives, and heads of housing, at both the Galway city and county councils, asking them to freeze rents for social housing tenants for this year.
Duffy calls for more ambitious plans for housing as rents hit over €900 in Mayo
The average cost of rent in Mayo is now €915 per month, according to figures released this week from property website Daft.ie, and with no homes to rent in Ballina on the site, Independent Cllr Mark Duffy has called for ambitious thinking to tackle the problem.
Ireland needs social housing, student housing, and fair rents
The housing crisis in Galway continues to intensify. In late July, there were 234 adults accessing emergency accommodation in Galway, with 66 families, including 165 child dependents, counted in the West region, compared to 225 adults and 154 dependents (including adult dependents) a month earlier.
Ban on co-living should turn attention to providing public housing, says Hanley
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.
Social housing retrofitting funding afforded towards local residential estates
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.
Local authority granted funds to refurbish social housing units
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.
Sense of renewal and hope with the arrival of summer
Outside my window in east Galway, a small herd of suckler cows and their young calves graze and loiter, content it seems to me, and oblivious to the new normal.