Category: Housing
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Have things moved on? (Decongregation)
Examining the lived experience and quality of life of disabled people who continue to live in congregated settings Read the report by the National Adocacy Service (NAS) here. “Advocates demand end to State housing of large groups of people with disabilities“Irish Examiner, 3rd Nov 2026
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Accessible Information On Housing And Related Supports For Independent Living
A new website from the Housing Authority with information for disabled people who want to live independently with supports. The Home and Supports Hub website has information for disabled people who want to live independently with supports.
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Supporting the Decision, Choice & Right to Live at Home
Putting the ‘D’ into ADM – Supporting the Decision, Choice & Right to Live at Home. Webinar with The Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) Fri 6 Nov 2026 , 1-2pm Free – Book here Ref: Assisted Decision Making Act
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Apply for Social Housing – Easy to use Form
We have created an easy to complete form that will output a PDF exactly how the local authorities want it that you can print or email.
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Before We Die – National Assembly
Before We Die (Website • Facebook page) started with one question, asked by families who could not get an answer from the State: Who will care for my son or daughter when I am no longer able to? The Helix, Dublin 9 • Saturday 19 September 2026 • 11 AM – 3 PM Before We…
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Siblings left to take up carer roles
‘State of crisis’ – Call for supports as siblings left to take up carer roles RTÉ News – 14th Aug 2026 – Ailbhe Conneely Following years of cancer treatment, Aisling O’Leary’s mother told her daughter in her final days that everything she had done had been for her two girls. Aisling promised her mother that…
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National Standards for Residential Services for Disabled People – Public Consultation
Updated National Standards for Residential Services for Disabled People – Draft for Public Consultation June 2026 by HIQA Publication: Updated National Standards for Residential Services for Disabled People Draft for Public Consultation June 2026 by Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA) Download and read:https://www.hiqa.ie/sites/default/files/2026-06/Updated-National-Standards-for-Res-Services-for-Disabled-People-DRAFT-For-Public-Consultation.pdf
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Applying for Housing (supported living) with/for an adult with an intellectual disability In Ireland
Interim Guidance for Families – Until a national system is transparently established, (Before We Die) BWD advises families to formally document their needs by: 1. Applying to the Local Authority for the Social Housing List (include a HMD1 disability form link).The form will be specific to your local authority (council).Just go to their website and type…
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Wasted Lives report
Published in May 2021, the Wasted Lives report by the Ombudsman in Ireland investigated the inappropriate placement of roughly 1,300 people under the age of 65 in older-person nursing homes. It highlighted a critical human rights issue, showing that younger individuals with disabilities were stranded due to fractured funding and a lack of community care.…
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The Right Home: the Housing Needs of People with Disabilities
A Social Policy Report by the Citizens Information Board and the Disability Federation of Ireland. Dec 2022Read the report.