€175m spent on local authority housing in Limerick city over past five years
�6m is being spent on a new housing development in Cliona Park, Moyross
LIMERICK City Council has received more than €175m in funding for housing over the last five years, new figures have shown.
Documents presented to a meeting of the housing committee have shown that the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has allocated City Hall some €175.7m for various housing initiatives over the last few years.
In the last year, €41.9m was spent, an increase of approximately €3m year-on-year.
The majority of the money was spent on the regeneration process, with City Council spending some €22.6m in order to acquire dwellings.
Some €7m was spent demolishing and securing homes in Moyross, Southill and St Mary’s Park, while social intervention measures accounted for €1.2m of the council’s budget spend.
Housing director Kieran Lehane paid tribute to the Department of the Environment which, over the last five years, have increased the funding from €28.6m in 2007 to €41.91m last year.
“There is a considerable difference in the appearance of our estates. There is a far better appearance then there was three years ago,” he said.
Limerick City Council also spent €2.9m on improvements to houses, including improving the energy ratings of private homes.
Mr Lehane also announced that €330,000 was spent last year on traveller accommodation, with €3.8m spend in construction and acquisition costs.
The Capital Assistance Scheme for voluntary housing drew funding of some €2.3m, he also said.
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munster23
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:22 AM"2.9 million on improvement to houses, including the energy ratings of private homes". I'm a homeowner and I received absolutley nothing, althogh it was promised before the building of these new houses were to commence, which by the way is happening right on my doorstep. All I received was hassle and a broken window, which is very sad to say, as I have never once been hassled in all of the 40 years I have lived here. If your a homeowner in these estates there is very little hope for you. You can't go because your house is worthless, "30,000 " where could you go with that? You object to something and your views are not taking into consideration because its regeneration and its supposedly all for the better, when in reality its a joke and its not making anyones lives better but much more worse. Well the government have a pain in their backside if they think I'm going to be paying "property tax" when my property is being vandelised and is practically worth nothing on the property market.
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