Our first open meeting of 2020 takes place at 7p.m. on Tuesday 28 January 2020. A speaker from the Property Services Regulatory Authority will discuss the role of the PSRA in management agent licensing, regulation, and consumer protection. We will have our usual open...
Month: May 2019
Information Meetings for OMC Directors
The Housing Agency will in early 2020 hold a series of information evenings for OMC directors. Events will be held in Dublin (four venues), Cork, Limerick, South East/Carlow, and North West/Sligo. Full details of venues and dates are available here.
Outreach evenings for OMC Directors
The Housing Agency is hosting evening Outreach Events for volunteer directors of OMCs, in the North East and West. The events will cover: Roles and responsibilities of OMC directors Resources available for OMC directors Challenges faced by OMC's; managed estates The...
Open meeting – Tuesday 5 November 2019
Meeting - next Tuesday - Electric Vehicle Charging in Apartments At our meeting next Tuesday evening Gerry Cash of EasyGo.ie will explain the installation of EV charging points in multi-unit developments. The presentation will deal with the technical and practical...
News & Updates – RBO returns due 22 November
We are very grateful to Tom English (Thomas P. English & Associates, Consulting Engineers) for his insurance presentation at our meeting of Tuesday 24 September in Wood Quay. A copy of Tom’s presentation is available here. Our usual Q&A and open forum...
September Update – Meeting on OMC Insurance
Meeting of Tuesday 24 September 2019 Do you know the risks impacting on your apartment block insurance premium? Do you understand these risks? How may they be mitigated? “Insurance and OMCs” is the theme of the presentation at our meeting on Tuesday 24 September...
August Update
Recruiting & Retaining OMC Directors Check out the Housing Agency’s 10 Tips for recruiting and retaining directors for your OMC. Budget 2020 – Extra Submission to Government The Government’s Tax Strategy Group Paper on Climate Action proposes a new “green” home...
Tax Equity for Apartment Owners
We have made a supplementary submission to our recent Pre-Budget 2020 Submission. It follows on from the Department of Finance's Tax Strategy Group Paper 04/19 Climate Action and Tax. Chapter 4 of that Paper examines a possible tax measure designed to incentivise...
July Update
Media coverage Our website content has been updated to reflect media, Oireachtas, and other coverage of the apartment sector. The “AON Coverage” page has links to recent material. Of particular interest may be reporting on the Housing Agency/Clúid Housing jointly...
Network welcomes new report on Owners’ Management Companies
The new independent report launched today by Minister Eoghan Murphy, and commissioned by the Housing Agency and Clúid Housing, is essential reading for all OMC directors, apartment owners, and residents. The Network was very pleased to have been involved in...