Housing, Local Government & Heritage
As Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Local Government and Heritage Mary proposed the following items for inclusion in the 2020/21 Joint Oireachtas Committee Work Programme: Report on the implications and effectiveness of a constitutional referendum to provide a Right to Housing to every Irish Citizen Amend “Living City” initiative Replace failed tax credit with time […]
Living City Initiative
Mary has called for the Minister for Finance to amend the Living City initiative from a tax credit incentive to a grant payment and to extend it to include rural towns. The Living City Initiative was first launched in 2015 and relaunched in 2018. Since 2018 Dublin City Council received 119 valid applications for the […]
Mary welcomes the announcement that the Covid19 mortgage payment break already in place for local authority home loan borrowers will be extended for a further three months and remain open for new applications from people suffering loss of income due to Covid19 until the end of the year. Local authority home loan borrowers could already […]
€23m Regeneration of Mary’s Mansions
Mary welcomes the €23m redevelopment of St Mary’s Mansions which provides 80 high quality homes for inner city residents. Mary says: “It’s so encouraging to see 25 original residents moving back into St Mary’s Mansions today. The scheme will be a model for future regeneration projects, which we hope will be built quickly and to […]
€23m Regeneration of Mary’s Mansions
Mary welcomes the €23m redevelopment of St Mary’s Mansions which provides 80 high quality homes for inner city residents. Mary says: “It’s so encouraging to see 25 original residents moving back into St Mary’s Mansions today. The scheme will be a model for future regeneration projects, which we hope will be built quickly and to […]
€40 million Stimulus Funds for 2,500 Local Authorities Vacant Homes
In July our Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien TD announced over €40 million for the refurbishment of vacant local authority homes, the largest single amount ever announced under this programme. In the county of Dublin €11.5 million of this fund will enable just over 800 social housing units, to be refurbished and re-let to individuals […]
Housing Adaptation Grant
Mary welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Housing increasing the funding for the Housing Adaptation Grant earlier this month. The funding will help older people, and people with disabilities living in private houses. The increased funding continues to support home adaptations for older people, people with a disability and people with mobility issues. It […]