News & Events

STATEMENT 

Thursday, 13th February, 2025 

Important update on Interim Remediation Scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes

Read the Housing Agency February 2025 Stakeholder Newsletter - February 2025 Stakeholder Newsletter

The Housing Agency and the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) will host the 2025 Housing Practitioners’ Conference, taking place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath on Thursday, 10th April and Friday 11th April (half day). 

The conference will involve expert speakers and workshops. The conference brochure is available to view here - Conference Brochure

The Housing Agency has put together a reference document with information for housing practitioners, academics and students. Read the 2024 Key Irish Housing Publications Report here - 2024 Key Irish Housing Publications

It lists, by month, Irish housing papers, publications, and reports with links to sources from 2024. This is the second instalment of this report.

We hope it will be a useful resource for the sector.

Join our webinar series on community-led housing!

Community-led housing encompasses a wide range of approaches to housing, but they all share a common goal – to meet a local housing need via collaboration, empowerment and mutual support.

Our webinar series aims to raise awareness of community-led housing as a new form of affordable housing in Ireland, to showcase examples of it in other countries and reflect on the future of community-led housing in Ireland.

PRESS STATEMENT

Wednesday, 18th December, 2024

Housing Agency announces Martin Whelan as new CEO

The Housing Agency is pleased to announce that Martin Whelan has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Agency and will take up the role on 31st March, 2025.

Mr Whelan will join The Housing Agency from the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) where he is currently Head of Group Corporate Affairs and Communications.

October 

• Budget 2025 was published, which allocated a total of €7.93 billion to housing. €80 million was allocated to the First Home Shared Equity Scheme, €110 million for the Affordable Housing Fund and €90 million for the Secure Tenancy Affordable Rental scheme 

Over the last two years the staff of the Housing Agency have fundraised and volunteered their time for Community Gain Projects. We are now looking for a partner organisation for 2025.

In 2023, we worked with Prosper Fingal in Skerries, which provides services for adults with an intellectual disability in north Co Dublin, to build a space for their service users to enjoy. This year, we partnered with Avista on the Navan Road, which provides support services for children and adults with disabilities, to renovate seven gardens.

The Housing for All plan makes provision for innovations to improve, support and accelerate delivery of housing. In support of this strategy, the Housing Agency’s Built Environment Section supplies technical services and supports in the area of modern methods of construction.

The Built Environment Section has updated the guidance document Guide for use of PW-CF2 Public Works Contract for Building Works Designed by the Contractor.

The Housing Agency has today November 7th 2024, published the Statement of Strategy 2025 – 2029.

This strategic plan, the first five-year plan published by The Housing Agency and the fifth Statement of Strategy since its establishment in 2012, provides an opportunity to build on the achievements of the Agency’s previous strategies. The Strategic Plan 2025-2029 has been informed by external and internal consultation on the key challenges facing the housing system and how these impact the priorities of the Agency