Calls made for social housing to be constructed in Connaughton Road Car Park
The mayor of Sligo is calling for a town car park that had been home to an extended Traveller family for more than 30 years to be used as a site for a social housing apartment complex. Last month, the McGinley family left the local authority car park, located…
Fine Gael Senator confident new social housing targets can be achieved
The North West is set to get almost 900 new social houses in the next three years if government targets are achieved. The government has announced the new targets today with Sligo is to get 296, while Donegal is to get 441 and Leitrim 156 between now and 2021. Minister…
Half of social housing offered in Sligo last year turned down
Half of the houses offered to people on the social housing list in Sligo last year were turned down. The Council has released the figures following a query this week by People Before Profit Councillor Gino O’Boyle. Of the 303 houses allocated 151 were turned down for a number of…
Sligo councillor raises fears of people being removed from housing list
Fears have been raised by a local councillor about people being removed from social housing support in Sligo. A motion was put before a meeting of the Sligo municipal district this week by councillor Declan Bree asking why people are being deemed ineligible for social housing support despite already being…