ABOUT US

We created Ó Cualann because we believed Ireland was in need of an initiative to deliver affordable and fully-integrated housing.

Today Ireland not only has a housing supply problem, but an affordability crisis. We build affordable homes by getting support from local authorities for discounted land and development levies waived.

We work with local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies, state agencies, community-led housing groups and our partners to provide permanently affordable homes in mixed income and mixed tenure sustainable communities throughout Ireland, for those people who are unable to buy or rent appropriate accommodation on the open market.

Collaborating and partnering with these groups allows us to secure land at a discounted rate. We negotiate reduced development levies, where possible, and we apply a 5% margin, resulting in the delivery of truly affordable houses for sale and for rent.

O CUALANN Co-housing Alliance

Hugh Brennan, CEO of Ó Cualann; Minister Darragh O’Brien; Eamonn Crowley, CEO of PTSB

Integrated housing, where private affordable housing and social housing are mixed, has a transformative effect on wider societal issues over the medium to longer term. Affordable housing, professionally managed, can play a key role in resolving the housing crisis in Ireland.

Testimonials from our homeowners

  • “Before we were so limited by our bills and rent. Since we got the key to our Ó Cualann house we’ve actually been able to save. It changed our lives.”

    Tim, Ó Cualann homeowner

  • “From the day we found out our house number right up to getting our keys all your team has been so helpful and trustworthy and answered any questions we had.”

    Síomha, Ó Cualann homeowner

  • “We have our own family home, our little girl has a big back garden for all the summers to enjoy, and we’re also not put under pressure to keep up with today’s renting prices.”

    Phillipa, Ó Cualann homeowner

  • “You have made our dreams come true with such a wonderful affordable home, being 23 and buying my first home wouldn’t ever have been possible if it wasn’t for your organisation.”

    Sarah, Ó Cualann homeowner

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Meet the team behind Ó Cualann