Co-operative Housing in Focus: Highlights from ISHF 2025

Living in our new home is myself my partner, Paul, two girls and two boys. Alicia is twenty-four on Friday, Cameron is twenty-two, Lynn is twenty-one and Charlie is thirteen. We got the keys of the new home on 16th March and we moved here on 17th March.

CHI’s announcement of its 4000th Member in Moíneir, Clonmacken, Limerick in August was covered in the Limerick Post by journalist Kathy Masterson.

The thing I love about my job is that every day is different, every day brings a new challenge. I get to meet people from all different backgrounds. It is great to get to know the Members as well and build up relationships with them. It makes doing the work easier and it is easier for them to let workers into their house if they know you personally and feel comfortable.

Before we moved to Mill Heights, we were living in an apartment in Clonard. We were really happy there. We had been there just over two years, having moved in when I was pregnant. We spent the pandemic there.

I have changed address so much over the last few years, especially in the last two, because all the houses I previously lived in ended up being sold by the landlord. Before we moved into our Co-operative Housing Ireland home in March, we had changed addresses three times in six months.

CHI recently partnered with Soar, to run ‘It Takes A Village’ which will see several mental health workshops for CHI young people and parents take place over the coming months.