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Funding Council Housing Provision, Management and Maintenance: An analysis of the financial sustainability of local authority provided social housing

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  • Michelle Norris

    (School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin)

  • Aideen Hayden

    (School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin)

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The article examines the funding and financial sustainability of local authority provided social housing in Ireland. To do so it draws on: a comprehensive analysis of arrangements for funding the sector and expenditure trends since 1990; comparison of these arrangements with those used to fund social housing in other Western European Countries and case-studies of council housing output, management and maintenance in five local authorities. The argument offered here is that the arrangements used to fund council housing provision are highly unusual in the international context and, although useful in ensuring the affordability of housing for low-income tenants, are very problematic from the perspective of enabling the efficient and affordable delivery, management and maintenance of dwellings.

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  • Michelle Norris & Aideen Hayden, 2018. "Funding Council Housing Provision, Management and Maintenance: An analysis of the financial sustainability of local authority provided social housing," Working Papers 201822, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
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    1. Michael Byrne & Michelle Norris, 2018. "Procyclical Social Housing and the Crisis of Irish Housing Policy: Marketization, Social Housing, and the Property Boom and Bust," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1), pages 50-63, January.
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    1. Eoin Corrigan, 2019. "The Scale and Impact of the Local Authority Rent Subsidy," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 50(1), pages 159-211.
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    3. Roantree, Barra & Slaymaker, Rachel & Doolan, Michael, 2022. "Low income renters and housing supports," Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number RS141, June.

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