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Housing Housing First
Housing First is a housing-led approach that enables people with a history of rough sleeping or long-term use of emergency accommodation, and with complex needs, to obtain permanent secure accommodation, with the provision of intensive supports to help them to maintain their tenancies. Housing First is a collaboration between the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage and the Department of Health. Housing First aims to provide a home to people who are long term users of emergency accommodation. The project offers a home in tandem with person-centred, community based and recovery-oriented supports. To date, in Cork City, 32 of these supported tenancies have been established and, in doing so, it has resulted in significantly reducing the instances of rough sleeping in the city. The next phase of the National Implementation Plan will be launched in January 2022 and over the next 5 years, Cork City Council, working with the HSE and our NGO partners - Cork Simon and Focus Ireland - will establish a minimum of 45 additional tenancies. Housing Energy Efficiency Retrofit and Special Projects In 2021, a further 54 apartments in seven blocks had their energy efficiency improved up a minimum level of energy efficiency rating B2. The estimated rated savings in energy consumption is 11,835kwh/m2/yr. The estimated savings in CO2 emissions is 2,367 KgCO2/m2/yr. This brings the total number of apartments that have been upgraded to 210. The apartment deep energy retrofit program is now closed and has been replaced by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage energy efficiency retrofit program. The benefits of deep energy retrofitting go beyond decarbonisation. Indoor comfort and health are also improved. To demonstrate this, a number of City Council tenants have been invited by the HAVEN project to participate in a pre and post works study of the health impact assessment of deep energy efficiency retrofitting of their homes. The City Council through the Housing Maintenance Department is participating in a number of other studies aimed at decarbonising the home and improving the rate at which it is completed so that Ireland can meet its 2050 climate action targets. These include the following: Upstairs; MiniStor; Intensify; Red-Wolf; Build Upon2; Empower; Act4ECO; Indu-Zero; Turnkey Retrofit; Haven Project
The City Council ’ s role in each project varies from partner, advisor, pilot site and advisory board member. More details about each project and the City Council ’ s role can be found on the project website.
The City Council is also providing a pilot site for a locally developed software product called RETROKIT, which will enable local authorities and large landlords to design, plan and implement retrofitting solutions using a variety of approaches. More about this product can be found at https://retrokit.eu/
Homeless Persons Unit
There was €17m in Section 10 funding for the south west r egion, €11m for Cork City in 2021. The In the Housing First Service, funded through Genio Service Reform Fund, there were 30 tenancies by end 2021. The rollout commenced in Cork County and Kerry with a total of 8 tenancies in place. There was a decrease of individuals in Emergency Accommodation in Cork City in 2021 by 6% and Rough Sleepers reduced by 75% in 2020. There are now no long term entrenched rough sleepers in 2021 in Cork City.
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