Households qualified for social housing support by local authority and specific accommodation requirements

This data set is sourced from the annual Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) reports, and provides a breakdown of all households in Ireland qualified for social housing support, broken down by the household's specific accommodation requirements (often referred to as 'classification of need'), local authority and year.

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Title Households qualified for social housing support by local authority and specific accommodation requirements
Description This data set is sourced from the annual Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) reports, and provides a breakdown of all households in Ireland qualified for social housing support, broken down by the household's specific accommodation requirements (often referred to as 'classification of need'), local authority and year.
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Spatial Reference Systems (SRS)
    Spatial Resolution(s)
    Contact Person The Housing Agency Research Unit
    Contact Person Email research@housingagency.ie
    Contact Person Telephone
    Update frequency Annual
    Date dataset released 2025-07-16
    Date dataset updated 2025-07-16
    Period of time covered (begin)
    Period of time covered (end)
    OR: specify what period of time the dataset covers 2016-2024
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    Version 1.0
    Dataset conforms to these standards
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    Language English
    Expiration Date
    Theme Housing
    State Approved