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  • A Guide to Housing Options

    Please find below a number of guides in relation to housing options.

  • Apply for Council Housing

    Applicants for social housing support must complete (in full) the Social Housing Application Form. 

  • Community Sustainment

    The Community Sustainment Unit formerly known as the Estate Management Unit was reorganised and strengthened in late 2019.

  • Construction of Local Authority Housing

    On 5th May 2015, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly, announced a Social Housing Strategy consisting of 100 separate housing projects across the Country.

  • Differential Rent Scheme as Adopted by Council in 2020

    The new Rent Scheme contains a single method of calculation for the entire city and county, where previously there were two methods which did not compare like-for-like.

  • Housing Assistance Payment (HAP)

    The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) section within the Housing Department of Limerick City & County Council has launched a new Online Application Portal for citizens who are qualified for Social Housing and wish to apply for HAP.

  • Housing Maintenance

    The Council oversees certain repairs and maintenance matters directly, while tenants are responsible for addressing specific maintenance issues themselves. You can find a detailed breakdown in the Downloads section below.

  • Limerick City and County Council Allocation Scheme 2021

    Limerick City and County Council Allocation Scheme 2021, in accordance with Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, the Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011 and the Social Housing Allocation Amendment Regulations 2016.

  • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF)

    The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is a key element of Housing for All to unlock sites to deliver 1,900 housing units.

  • Mortgage Allowance Scheme

    The Mortgage Allowance Scheme is a social housing option which facilitates tenants and tenant purchasers of local authority dwellings, who wish to return their dwellings to the authority and purchase or build a private dwelling for their own occupation by reducing their mortgage repayments over t

  • Mortgage to Rent

    The mortgage to rent scheme is a government initiative to help homeowners who are at risk of losing their homes and who have been involved in the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP) with their lenders. 

  • Private Rightsizing Scheme

    There are no live schemes at present.

  • Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS)

    The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is a social housing support introduced to cater for the accommodation needs of persons who are in receipt of long term rent supplement.

  • Room for a Student – Local Authority Tenancies Scheme

    The Room for a Student – Local Authority Tenancies Scheme is a Government initiative which will permit social housing tenants to ‘let’ a room or rooms in their homes to third-level students on a temporary basis.

  • Sell or Lease Your Property

    The Local Authority and Approved Housing bodies are interested in purchasing and leasing vacant properties and sites in Limerick city and county with a view to achieving social housing targets set out under Housing for All.

  • Succession and Transfer Tenancies

    Information about Succession and Transfer Tenancies.

  • Tenant Incremental Purchase Scheme

    From 1st January 2016 existing tenants of Limerick City and County Council have an opportunity to purchase their homes through an Incremental Purchase Scheme introduced under Part 3 of Housing (Miscellaneous

  • Voluntary Housing

    Voluntary Housing bodies play an important role in providing rental housing throughout the country for people who could not otherwise provide suitable accommodation from their own resources.