Cork council to encourage 'co-living' for like-minded single people after pilot project success

The advantages of the scheme is that it gets more single people into one house, rather than having to provide them with single units, and the occupants are not socially isolated and can share bills

Successful pilot projects have been undertaken in Cobh involving ex-military personnel with the help of ONE (Organisation of Ex-Service Personnel), the Defence Forces charity. File picture: Denis Minihane

Cork County Council will encourage more like-minded single people into “co-living” in three- and four-bed local authority houses following successful pilot projects, according to its head of housing.

Moving single people off the waiting list into larger homes when they become vacant is seen as key to reducing numbers in need of accommodation, the local authority says.