Devastating impact on young adults in North Leitrim as housing association pulls out of accommodation project
Council remains fully committed to bringing project to fruition
Councillors were greatly disappointed to learn that Newgrove Housing Association had pulled out of a project that would see a purpose-built accommodation facility built to meet the long-term accommodation needs of a number of young adults with disabilities in the Manorhamilton area.
It had been anticipated that a formal funding application under the Capital Assistance Scheme would be submitted by the association.
Cllr Padraig Fallon who raised the topic at the latest Manorhamilton MD meeting said the response was "very disappointing" and said he had thought "things were progressing very nicely".
He continued that it was "extremely disheartening and devastating for the number of young adults that are impacted by this".
Cllr Frank Dolan, who also raised the issue, said it was "extremely disappointing" to be "back to square one again" and it was "extremely frustrating not only for the participants but for the parents who are becoming elderly and becoming worried about what will happen to them after they're gone."
Cllr Felim Gurn said the project has been in the pipeline for eight years now and said that €500,000 was approved through the HSE to cover staff costs.