All-Ireland Summit

Respond, an Approved Housing Body and service provider, has been working all around Ireland for over 40 years. Our vision is that every family and individual in Ireland will have high‐quality housing as part of a vibrant and caring community. Housing and decent accommodation, in the areas where people want to live, are central to improving people’s lives and enhancing the health and well‐being of society.

15,991 tenants live in 7084 homes across the 26 counties that we either own or manage; of these, there are 6,264 Respond social housing tenancies. Respond also provide a range of services for families and individuals within our communities. This includes emergency accommodation with 24/7 support for families who are homeless in six Family Homeless Services, three Day Care Services for Older People, 17 Early Childhood Care and Education, Family Support and Refugee Resettlement services. Our aim is to provide person centred services to support people to achieve their goals and reach their full potential.

North & East Housing Association is an Approved Housing Body (AHB) incorporated  in 1993 by a group of volunteers who recognised that the housing needs of communities in the North and East of Ireland were not being adequately met by the private market and local authority housing schemes. Since then, North & East has grown from a small voluntary organisation into an established housing body. We provide housing management and tenant support systems to some 740 homes in twenty-seven locations across twelve local authority jurisdictions. 

During this period of expansion, North & East has retained a focus on communities in the northern and eastern regions and maintained its commitment to keeping tenants at the heart of its work. North & East is primarily a general needs AHB, but it also provides housing services with partners that focus on housing for people with specific needs.

The Housing Agency supports the development of sustainable communities across Ireland. We know that good quality and affordable housing is at the heart of successful communities.  We work to meet the nation’s housing needs by rolling out new housing projects and co-ordinating programmes that can transform how we live; using data and research to provide evidence-based solutions; advising the Government on housing policies; and collaborating with all those involved in the housing sector in Ireland to ensure we are working as effectively as possible.  We are a State-funded body of housing specialists, with a strong focus on problem-solving. We work mainly with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, local authorities, and non-profit housing providers.