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The scheme is housed on a 3-hectare / 7-acre site and comprises 109 housing units all of varying types and sizes. Units include 3 and 4 bed semi-detached houses, 2 bed sheltered houses, two and three bed apartments, duplex units as well as a Crèche. There are 26 dwellings, both 3 and 4 bed, allocated as Affordable type units.
The Edwardian buildings of The Iveagh Trust, Bull Alley Street.. The Iveagh Trust / ˈ aɪ v iː / is a provider of affordable housing in and around Dublin in Ireland. It was initially a component of the Guinness Trust, founded in 1890 by the then Edward Cecil Guinness, great-grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in Dublin and London.
Affordable housing in Germany, also known as social housing, refers to housing that is subsidized by the government to provide affordable rent to low-income households. Social housing is typically owned by the government or by non-profit organizations and is intended to provide decent, affordable housing for those who cannot afford market-rate ...
The definition of affordable housing may change depending on the country and context. For example, in Australia, the National Affordable Housing Summit Group developed their definition of affordable housing as housing that is "...reasonably adequate in standard and location for lower or middle income households and does not cost so much that a household is unlikely to be able to meet other ...
Cork Corporation subsequently developed a number of housing schemes in the area, which was then known as Spangle Hill. [citation needed] From the 1930s, the city gradually began to expand and houses were built in areas such as Farranferris (1939 & 1951), Fairfield (1956), Knockpogue (1956), Knockfree (1959/1960) and Closes (1961). [citation needed]
Cork County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Chorcaí) is the local authority of County Cork, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001, as amended. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council ...
Most of the literature on affordable housing refers to mortgages and number of forms that exist along a continuum – from emergency shelters, to transitional housing, to non-market rental (also known as social or subsidized housing), to formal and informal rental, indigenous housing, and ending with affordable home ownership.
Metropolitan Cork is the core employment hub of the "Greater Cork" area. The term is loosely defined but has been taken by authorities to include the city of Cork and the surrounding suburban and commuter towns of Ballincollig, Blarney, Carrigaline, Carrigtwohill, Cobh, Glanmire, Glounthaune, Midleton, Passage West and Ringaskiddy. [3] [6]