‘I’ve all I need and plenty of company,’ says Downsizing for the Elderly scheme participant

Empty-nesters are being encouraged to downsize into secure and sheltered local authority housing in Cork City in a bid to free up larger homes for families on the housing list.

Both private home owners and council tenants can avail of the city council’s ‘Downsizing for the Elderly’ scheme.

Councillors recently sanctioned plans for the development of a 30-unit sheltered housing project on a site at the Ballinsheen Rd in Mahon — one of the largest projects of its kind in the city.