Urban Regeneration Development Fund

The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) aims to deliver more compact and sustainable development, as envisaged under Project Ireland 2040. It does this by part-funding regeneration and rejuvenation projects in cities and large towns. 

More compact and sustainable development involves a greater proportion of residential and mixed-use development within the existing built-up footprints of our cities and towns. This will ensure more parts of our urban areas become attractive and vibrant places in which to live, work, visit and invest.

The URDF supports the objectives of the government's National Planning Framework (NPF) and has been extended to 2030.

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has responsibility for administering the fund.

Distinct from the first two calls of URDF funding, the third round of funding support will not be a competitive bid process. The third round of funding support will be specifically designed to address long term vacancy and dereliction across our URDF cities and towns and the acceleration of the provision of residential accommodation. This approach will ensure alignment with objectives of other government policies, such as Housing for All and Town Centre First.

Further information on this is available on gov.ie.

Further information on the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund is available on gov.ie.