Housing Services

Local authorities may provide houses below market price and allocate on the basis of need to those who cannot afford to buy on the open market.

Local authorities may buy suitable vacant properties in need of repair for social housing.

Local authorities may provide financial support to Approved Housing Bodies to build or buy accommodation for social housing.

Local authorities may provide financial support to Approved Housing Bodies to build or buy social housing for priority groups such as older people, homeless people or people with disabilities.

Local authorities may offer choice to approved housing and transfer applicants in selecting a new home. Applicants can express an interest in houses which are advertised.

Local authorities, together with other agencies, may provide houses to eligible people at lower rents than the private market.

Local authorities may carry out extensions or adaptations to local authority houses such as grab rails, access ramps, wet rooms or downstairs bedrooms for older tenants or tenants with a disability.

Local authorities may support those in urgent need or difficult circumstances to apply for priority consideration for local authority housing.

Local authorities may let homeowners who bought their home from the local authority before May 1978 buy out the ground rent on the property.

Local authorities may assist you in finding accommodation in the private market if you qualify for social housing. The local authority will pay the landlord and you will pay a rent contribution to the local authority.

Local authorities may provide support to carry out improvement works to a privately owned property.

Local authorities, together with other agencies, may provide homes at a reduced price for first-time buyers who are looking to purchase a new or second-hand property or build their own home.

Local authorities may provide a mortgage with improved interest rates and income ceilings to buy or build your own home if you are a first time buyer.

Local authorities may provide tenants and tenant purchasers a mortgage allowance to help them move from renting to buying or building a private house.

Local authorities may provide assistance to home owners with mortgage arrears who are at risk of losing their home. Home owners can apply to switch from owning their home to renting their home as social housing tenants.

Local authorities may provide accommodation to older people who find their private house too large for their current needs. They may either sell their house to the local authority or sell it privately and make a financial contribution to the local authority.

Local authorities may provide a mortgage to buy or build your own home if you are a first time buyer.

Local authorities may assist you in finding accommodation in the private market if you qualify for long term rent supplement and have a qualified housing need. The local authority will pay the landlord and you will pay a rent contribution to the local authority.

Local authorities may provide financial support to property owners to repair vacant properties. The property is repaired and leased to the local authority at a reduced cost.

Local authorities may sell a social house to the tenant living in the house.

You can notify a local authority about issues with vacant private homes and vacant local authority homes.
You can apply for a Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant

Local authorities investigate antisocial behaviour involving local authority tenants. If necessary, they may involve An Garda Síochána (national police).

Local authorities may provide financial support to residents' associations and community groups to help with the upkeep of estates.

Local authorities may install and monitor CCTV cameras in local authority housing estates to help with community safety.

Local authorities may take action against illegal occupiers of local authority property.

Local authorities may work with other agencies to manage the risk posed by sex offenders who are seeking housing support.

Local authorities manage halting sites and group housing schemes where travellers live as tenants.

Local authorities help Approved Housing Bodies to manage, buy, build or lease properties for social housing.

Home owners who purchased their house through a local authority purchase scheme must get permission from the local authority to sell, re-mortgage or transfer their interest in the property for the first time.

Local authority mortgage holders who have paid their mortgage in full can apply to the local authority for a certificate to confirm that the property deeds have been transferred.

Local authorities may provide demountable dwellings such as mobile homes, prefabs or portacabins to those living in extremely poor conditions.

Local authorities assess applications for social housing based on housing need. Approved applicants are placed on the housing list which is reviewed each year.

Local authorities may support tenants to transfer to another local authority house.

Local authorities may offer housing welfare support to vulnerable tenants who may be in rent or mortgage arrears or experiencing difficulty with their tenancy or living conditions.

Local authorities may form committees to consult with travellers about the Traveller Accommodation Programme.

Local authorities may provide sites at a low cost to help those with a housing need build their own homes.

Local authorities may support someone to move in with an existing tenant in a local authority property.

Local authorities, together with the Department of Justice, may provide housing to those in the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.

Local authorities may apply to the courts to evict tenants or repossess properties where agreement on paying rent arrears or mortgage arrears is unsuccessful.

Local authorities may provide information and advice to returning Irish emigrants on how to apply for housing in Ireland.

Local authorities may provide a rental subsidy to mortgage holders with shared ownership loans.

Local authorities may provide social housing to you if you qualify and cannot afford to rent or buy your own home.

Local authorities may support someone who has been living with a tenant in a local authority house to take over the tenancy when it ends.

Local authorities support new and existing tenants to successfully manage their tenancy.

Local authorities consider requests from tenants who no longer want to be local authority tenants.

Local authorities may support travellers living in social housing, group housing schemes or halting sites.

Local authorities, together with other agencies, may provide a warm and safe place to sleep for rough sleepers during spells of extremely cold weather.

Local authorities may provide emergency accommodation to those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Local authorities may provide accommodation deposits or advance rental payments to those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Local authorities may provide short and medium term accommodation support to prepare for independent living.

Local authorities may provide information and advice to those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Local authorities may work with individuals and families to help them move out of homelessness or prevent them from becoming homeless.

Local authorities may refer those who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, to other homeless service providers.

Local authorities may provide accommodation and support to those who are sleeping rough.

Local authorities may set up forums (groups) to consult about regional homelessness action plans.

Local authorities may lease newly built or yet to be built properties from property developers and investors for social housing.

Local authorities may buy suitable land or houses to use for social housing.

Local authorities may lease properties in good condition from property owners for long term social housing.

Local authorities may buy new houses from property developers for social and affordable housing under Part V of the planning laws.

Local authorities may lease properties in good condition from property owners for short term social housing.

Local authorities may enter into partnerships with the private sector to provide social housing.

Local authorities may buy suitable ready to let properties from property developers for social housing.

Local authorities may work with owners of vacant private homes to bring the properties back into use for social housing.

Local authorities may provide grants to home owners with disabilities to adapt their privately owned home to suit their needs.

Local authorities may provide grants to older people who own their own home for repairs or improvement works to make their privately owned home more suitable to their needs.

Local authorities may provide grants to those who own their own home to buy and install grab rails, level access showers, access ramps and stair lifts.

Local authorities may provide financial support to social housing tenants to carry out improvement works to their homes.

Local authorities may adapt a local authority house to make it more suitable for tenants with a disability.

Local authorities may carry out repairs and maintenance to local authority houses.

Local authorities may carry out approved energy upgrade works to local authority houses such as cavity or external wall insulation, new windows and doors, central heating and attic insulation.

Local authorities may provide cleaning or caretaking of social housing flat complexes and traveller accommodation units.

Local authorities manage and repair vacant properties before reletting them to tenants.

Local authorities prepare housing strategies for people with disabilities. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Local authorities prepare strategies for housing development. You can have an input into these strategies through consultation.

Local authorities prepare plans for traveller accommodation. You can have an input into these plans through consultation.

Local authorities may provide reports and information on housing related matters to government departments and other agencies.

Local authorities collect housing data and give it to relevant agencies.

A-Z list of all services provided by Housing.

Local authorities may remove anyone who is illegally camped on public land.

You can report illegal camps on public land to the local authority.

Local authorities enforce minimum standards to ensure that landlords keep privately rented properties in good condition.

Local authorities may make a repayment arrangement with mortgage holders in arrears.

Local authority mortgage holders must make monthly repayments to the local authority.

Local authorities may pay a financial contribution to loan charges which a borrower has to pay on their local authority housing loan.

Local authorities may make a repayment arrangement with tenants who have rent arrears.

Local authorities charge rent based on the income of a tenant. The rent amount may be reviewed during tenancy.

Local authority tenants must pay weekly rent to the local authority for their property.