Cork City Council launches online home swapping platform for tenants

Pictured at a HomeSwapper.ie information session for Elected Members above are (L to R): Nigel Carter, Housing Partners Ltd.; Catherine Kelly, Cork City Council; Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. John Sheehan; Tadhg Keating, Cork City Council; Karen Fitzgerald, Cork City Council; Eddy Irvine, Housing Partners Ltd.

Cork City Council is pleased announce the launch of HomeSwapper.ie, a ground-breaking new website being piloted that allows City Council housing tenants swap with other tenants.  

Cork City Council, through the use of an online platform, is facilitating tenants to find suitable swaps online if they wish to swap with another social housing tenant.

You simply register on the site, give details of your current property and outline the property you’re interested in.  The site’s filtering system matches you with another property in your preferred area. 

The HomeSwapper scheme is open to tenants of Cork City Council properties. 

Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. John Sheehan welcomed the initiative, saying, “the Homeswapper scheme is a tenant-led approach to housing mobility, giving the tenant greater control in the transfer process.  It’s a very progressive model in social housing.”

Brian Geaney, Director of Housing said:  “This innovative platform can only further empower tenants and further improve management of available housing stock; it is to be welcomed.”

Log on to www.homeswapper.ie to find out how to register.