TAP 2025 - 2029
the target population 2 have an existing accommodation need.
Using Census 2022 information, an estimate was made of the number of Traveller children in Cork City who will reach 18 years of age within the TAP period. This gives an indication of the number of new households that are likely to form during the next TAP period. When this is compared with the rate of growth in the number of Traveller families during the last TAP period, it is estimated that there will be between 70 and 86 new Traveller families in Cork City by 2029. Using the existing Local Authority Traveller accommodation support rate of 79%, this indicates there may be an accommodation need for up to a further 61 new households formed in the TAP period between 2025-2029. When existing and projected household needs are combined, a total accommodation need figure of 171 new homes is reached.
Determining Housing Need As part of the making of this TAP, an assessment of housing need was carried out. This assessment considered both existing and future accommodation requirements of Travellers. The TAP Survey indicated that 67% of respondents considered that their current accommodation was not suitable for their current needs. 61% of the respondents reported having an accommodation need. The majority of these are those families currently living in halting sites. A significant number are Travellers who are living in standard housing, including adult Travellers with their own families living with their parents, Travellers living in homeless services and those living in HAP and RAS (private rented) accommodation that they consider unsuitable. Overall, it is estimated that 110 families within
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their own resources, in private rental or private shared housing (108) and those already in Standard Council Housing (220).
2 The Target Population (182) is the total number of Traveller families in the 2023 Count (510), excluding those living by
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Cork City Council | Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-2029
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