More people eligible for social housing in Kilkenny
An increase of €5,000 to the social housing income eligibility threshold for Kilkenny will take effect from January 1, 2023.
This significant change is being taken pending the development and roll-out of a revised income eligibility model (and income thresholds) in 2023.
Commenting on the increase, Minister Malcom Noonan said 'it will help protect those most at risk from the recent increase in the cost of living'.
"This change, the first in over a decade, builds on the recommendations of the review into social housing income eligibility limits," he said.
"My department are now working hard to produce a new income eligibility model, which will be completed in 2023."
The social housing income eligibility review fulfilled a commitment in Housing for All, the government’s housing plan.
The plan contains a range of actions and measures to ensure over 300,000 new social, affordable, cost rental and private homes are built by 2030, backed by over €4 billion in annual guaranteed State investment to the end of 2026.