A New Housing Programme for Travellers in Cork City How Did the Last Programme Go? The TAP 2019-2024 aimed to improve the lives of the Travelling community across Cork City. Current provision includes various housing options such as standard social housing, private rented housing and Traveller-specific housing. The review indicates that Cork City Council has delivered on a significant number of the actions identified in the previous TAP, despite challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, national housing shortage. How was the New Accommodation Programme Made? The TAP 2025-2029 was developed through an extensive consultation process, data collection, and analysis to assess the needs and demands of the Traveller community in Cork City. The methodology also included a gap analysis to identify deficits in current and planned accommodation provision. These findings directly informed the housing targets set out within the new TAP. The recommendations of both the Council’s Equality Review of the TAP 2019 - 2024, and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission ’s (IHREC) assessment of same have also directly informed the approach taken.
Who Helped Make the New Programme?
At the outset, stakeholders such as Approved Housing Bodies (AHB) and the Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee were consulted by the Council. A TAP survey was also carried out to determine Cork City Traveller accommodation needs and preferences. The Traveller Accommodation Unit (TAU) invited 158 Traveller families to participate. These were made up of families with open housing applications (including HAP/RAS tenants), families involved with Homeless Services, or who the TAU identified as likely to have an accommodation need 1 . 104 Traveller families participated in the TAP Survey, equating to a 66% response rate – the highest ever engagement for Cork City Council to-date during the preparation of a TAP.
completed a 2-year consultation with the Council. However, residents in Spring Lane and Ellis’s Yard with open housing applications were included. The needs of all Spring Lane and Ellis’s Yard residents are included in the delivery programme.
1 The families whose housing needs are to be addressed by the recently permitted Spring Lane and Ellis’s Yard Redevelopment were not canvassed as they have just
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Cork City Council | Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-2029
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