Housing Capital

Correspondence:

Administrative Officer,
Housing Capital Section, 
Cork City Council,
City Hall,
Cork.

Open to Public: 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Telephone: (021) 4924336 / 4924177 / 4924668

Fax: (021) 4924753

Services Provided

• Voluntary housing.
• Capital Loans and Subsidy Scheme
• Capital Assistance Scheme
• Social Housing Programme
• Affordable Housing Programme
• Refurbishment Programme
• Regeneration Programme

Voluntary Housing.

Funding for the provision of accommodation by the Voluntary Sector is available under the Capital Assistance Scheme and the Capital Loan & Subsidy Scheme. The importance of the Voluntary Sector is recognised in maximising the output of accommodation to meet social housing need and in particular in providing for special needs and sheltered accommodation.

Activity by the Voluntary Sector has increased substantially in recent years and this progress continued throughout 2005 with further projects scheduled to commence in 2006. A summary of schemes is
given hereunder:

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Capital Loans and Subsidy Scheme

Under this scheme, the approved body must first of all make a submission to the local authority in relation to the scheme which it proposes to undertake. Certain conditions may attach to this approval which is then submitted to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government for sanction. The Local Authority, when the scheme is approved by the Minister, advances a loan to the voluntary body for the construction of the housing scheme.

Not less than 75% of the dwelling units are let to households that are eligible for social housing. Rents are determined taking account of household earnings and circumstances.

It should be noted that at present, the Tenant Purchase Scheme does not apply to houses provided by voluntary housing associations.

Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme:-

Scheme	No of Units	Status
Cluid Housing Association-Broad Lane , Blackpool	28	Under Construction
Respond! Voluntary Housing-Blackpool Flats	12	Work Completed
Total:	40

Blackpool Flats

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Capital Assistance Scheme

Under this scheme, voluntary housing bodies provide accommodation to meet special housing needs such as those of the elderly, people with a disability, homeless, returning emigrants or smaller families. The approved voluntary housing bodies are responsible for tenancy allocations in consultation with the local authorities. A minimum of 75% of the houses in each project are reserved for persons whose applications for local authority housing have been approved by the local authority, homeless persons, or local authority tenants and tenant purchasers who return their dwellings to the local authority. However, one third of these may be allocated to eligible elderly returning emigrants. The remaining houses in a project are let to people nominated by the voluntary housing body. Rents are determined having regard to tenants means and the cost of managing and maintaining the dwellings. The local authority advances a non-repayable loan to the voluntary bodies providing the accommodation and services subject to the terms and conditions of the Scheme. The loan is fully subsidized by the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

Capital Assistance Schemes

Scheme	No of Units	Status
Skiddy’s Almshouse	15	Work On-Going
Respond! Voluntary Housing-Blackpool	50	Work Completed
Bishopstown Senior Citizens	25	Work Completed
Farranree Sheltered Housing	39	Under Construction
Shanbally Housing Association	11	Work Completed
Respond! Voluntary Housing-28/29 Dublin St	12	At Tender Stage
Respond! Voluntary Housing-Thomas Davis St	7	Work On-Going
Cork Simon Community-Blackrock	12	Work Completed
COPE Foundation	36	Work Completed
Open House – Leitrim Street	14	With Dept for approval
Total:	221

A total of 1,222 units are in the Provision Framework at present.

Tir na nÓg Simon Blackrock

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Social Housing Programme

254 no. units were completed or were nearing completion at the end of 2005

Scheme	No of Units
5 & 6 Ballymacthomas St	4
21 Chapel Street	2
Foyer, Blackpool	18
Sunvalley Drive	8
Wherlands Lane	10
St. John ’s Well	7
Glen Regeneration Project	48
Regina Mundi	39
Berlingford Drive	42
Casey’s Land	46
Mount St. Joseph’s II	30
Total:	254

Ballincurrig Court, South Douglas Road

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Major Schemes continuing in 2005

Scheme	No of Units
Shandon	35
Seminary Road	31
Deerpark	29
Turners Cross	18
Boreenmanna Road	47
Ringmahon House	16
Knocknaheeny	45
Brothers of Charity	8
Total:	229

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House Purchases

Purchase terms for 100 no. houses were agreed during the year.

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Affordable Housing Programme

Scheme	No of Units	Status
Casey’s Land	53	Under Construction
Blackpool	20	Under Construction
Hollyhill Lane	21	Work Completed
Glenfields	23	Work Completed
Buckley’s Field	32	Construction Completed
Berlingford Drive	14	Construction Completed
Hollyhill Lane II	28	Under Construction
Shanakiel	240	Part 8 Planning Approved
Nursery Site	37	Part 8 Planning advertised
Total:	468

Glenfields Development

Hollyhill Lane

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Refurbishment Programme

The Glen

Work was completed on Phase 1 of the Glen Regeneration Project. The demolition of flat complexes to facilitate Phase II of the Project is currently underway.

Sunvalley Drive and Cushing Flats

Part 8 planning approval was received in 2005 and construction work will start in early 2006.

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Regeneration Programme

Knocknaheeny Masterplan

Work commenced on Block D, Knocknaheeny at a total budget cost of €21m.

Togher - Deanrock

The decanting of the flats is almost completed with a view to advertising the Project under a Public Private Partnership arrangement. Planning Permission for the demolition of the flats, under Part 8 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001, was advertised in February 2006.

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