Clare’s Social Housing Chair claims middle income earners have been locked out of affordable housing in this county. It follows confirmation from the local authority that its affordable housing schemes will target those earning between €50,000 and €70,000 a year. Affordable Housing, which is designed to assist middle income earners to buy new homes at […]
Clare County Council’s Social Housing Chair says safety must remain the main priority when renovating commercial properties, even in a housing crisis. It comes as the Hardware Association Ireland has made recommendations such as waiving the capital gains tax on empty homes for three years and applying a 6% annual derelict property tax in their […]
A Shannon Independent Councillor claims putting public money into the One Shannon Hub project would simply “prop up private entrepreneurs”. It comes as Clare County Council has signed contracts with a concept design team as well as a quantity surveyor and project manager for the design of the multi-functional facility in the county’s second largest […]
Clare County Council has defended the pace of progress on flood relief works in Shannon. €27 million in Government funding was allocated towards the Shannon Town and Environs Flood Relief Scheme received in 2018. However, at a special meeting of Shannon Municipal District Councillors, where the Schedule of Municipal District Works for 2023 was adopted, […]
The Chair of Clare County Council’s housing committee says the local authority will most likely only construct two houses in the county this year. New figures contained in the Government’s Summary of Social Housing Assessments shows 1,185 households in Clare qualified for social housing support as of November 1st last year. There was a 7.7% […]