*Photograph: Martin Connolly A revised application for the development of 18 social housing units in Scariff is to be submitted to the Department of Housing.
*Photograph: John Mangan A “major lift” is on the cards for Tulla as three separate housing developments highlight the appetite to live in the East Clare town.
A Newmarket-on-Fergus housing estate was the subject of three motions at the March meeting of the Shannon Municipal District.
Clare councillors are keen to have a greater involvement when it comes to the allocation of social housing within the county.
*The construction of social housing in Newmarket-on-Fergus has been paused. A total of 94 social housing units planned for delivery by the end of 2021 will now fall over into 2022 as a result of Level 5 restrictions.
*Social housing units in Feakle. Photograph: John Mangan A housing shortage will be aggravated by the continued halt in construction, a Newmarket-on-Fergus representative has warned.
*Cllr PJ Ryan. Photograph: Martin Connolly Housing officials are frustrating Clare councillors who are now seeking a greater input into the allocation of social housing units by the local authority.
Criticism has been voiced with the manner in which West Clare’s social housing stock has been managed.
*Cllr Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Eamon Ward A Clare councillor has revealed her experience of fuel poverty whereby lack of funds as a single mother prompted moving the bedroom into the sitting room of her house.
National housing and homeless charity, Peter McVerry trust is to deliver social housing in Clare for the first time.