Traveller Accommodation

Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-2029

The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 requires each local authority, following a consultation process, to prepare, adopt and implement a 5 year rolling accommodation programmes to meet the existing and projected accommodation needs of Travellers in their areas. These programmes provide a road map for Local Authority investment priorities over the period of the Programme, and they form the basis for the allocation of funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

The preparation of the Leitrim Draft Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-2029 commenced in January 2024 and followed the recommended guidance as issued by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee (LTACC) was consulted with, at all stages, in the preparation of the Draft Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-2029. The date of 31st December 2024 has been designated as the latest date by which the new Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025 -2029 must be adopted in accordance with the specific direction of the Minister and under Section 7 (4) the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998.  Leitrim County Council’s Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-2029 was adopted by the Elected Members of Leitrim County Council at their meeting held on Monday 2nd September 2024.

Leitrim County Council Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-2029