Accommodation for Travellers is provided across a range of options including
standard local authority housing financed from the Department of the
Environment, Community and Local Government’s capital allocations for
social housing, Traveller-specific accommodation which is also funded by
means of 100% capital funding from the Department, private housing
assisted by the local authority or approved housing bodies, private rented
accommodation and by Travellers’ own resources. Travellers can opt for any
of these forms of accommodation; including Traveller-specific accommodation
(halting site bays and Traveller group housing) and local authority Traveller
Accommodation Programmes are intended to reflect these preferences.