Tenants turn key on social housing

Parents have spoken of their joy after moving into new social homes, developed by Nama and a housing agency, in what was formerly an unfinished estate.

Clifford and Lorna Dunlea; Sinéad Furlong and John Doherty; and Lavina Higgins and Liam Sexton are among the first 16 tenants to get the keys to their new three-bedroom homes in Ashmount Mews, in the Silversprings/Mayfield area on the north side of Cork City.

The 130-home estate will by the end of the year have 34 social housing units, delivered through Nama’s social housing “special purpose vehicle”, which works with approved housing bodies, such as Respond! Housing.