Page 11 - Council Journal Winter 2019

FEATURE Rebuilding Ireland ORebuilding Ireland Programme
The Rebuidling Ireland Programme continues to take shape across the country with many varied projects both large and small in various states of either planning, building or being completed.
ne of the key ways of (MUHDS) and Local Infrastructure element of Pillar 3 of Rebuilding accessing and assessing these Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) Ireland: An Action Plan for Housing & is through the Department of project location data in the map is Homelessness to unlock sites to Housing, Planning and Local available as Open Data. As public deliver 20,000 housing units by 2021.
Government Open Data Portal which bodies have progressed in areas like The objective is to provide public presents a wide range of data eGovernment and data analytics, the off-site infrastructure to relieve collected by the Department under its potential of data and, in particular, critical infrastructure blockages. operational programmes. It provides Open Data to help deliver economic, This will enable the accelerated users with a platform on which to social and democratic benefits has delivery of housing on key visualise, explore, download or link to become clearer. development sites in Dublin and in its Open Data. urban areas of high demand for
The concept of Open Data is about What is the LIHAF funding housing. For example, the Donabate making data held by public bodies distributor road will include a bridge available and easily accessible online over the railway line to support an for reuse and redistribution. The The Local Infrastructure Housing expansion of residential development Major Urban Housing Delivery Sites mechanism? on Council-owned land.
Activation Fund (LIHAF) is a key
Figure 1 showing locations around the country where developments are taking place to build infrastructure and deliver housing options
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