Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 May 2024
388. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of units delivered to date or in the delivery pipeline using the affordable housing fund; the location of the units; and the average AHF allocation or allocation range per unit per scheme, in tabular form. [21782/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra387. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of units delivered to date or in the delivery pipeline using the serviced sites fund; and the location of the units and the average SSF allocation per unit per scheme, in tabular form. [21781/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 388 and 387 together.
Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes, including 36,000 affordable purchase and 18,000 cost rental homes, by 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks.
Following the publication of Housing for All in September 2021, I asked all local authorities to prepare Housing Delivery Action Plans. A copy of each Council’s Housing Delivery Action Plan is available on their individual websites where some information about local authority's plans for delivery of affordable purchase and cost rental housing (where relevant) is available.
Local authorities complete and submit data returns to my Department on delivery of affordable homes in their area in the same manner as is done for social housing. Statistical data on affordable housing delivery by tenure and by local authority area during 2022 and 2023 is published on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery
The information provided is currently not collated in a manner that would allow my Department to provide the detailed data sought in the format requested.
Individual scheme information has been published in advertisements on local authority websites. Schemes being advertised are now also available in a single location on the Affordable Homes website, www.affordablehomes.ie.
The Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) is made available for the provision of affordable homes by local authorities. Subventions ranging from €50,000 to €150,000 are available to support local authorities to bring forward suitable schemes whereby homes can be offered for purchase or rent to eligible applicants at an affordable price. The Exchequer contribution represents 95% of the subvention with the remaining 5% being contributed by the Local Authority.Housing delivery being supported by funding approved originally under the earlier Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) is also progressing with funding comprised of 89% Exchequer contribution matched by an 11% Local Authority contribution.
Funding approvals are in place to date for the delivery of 4,067 affordable homes across 21 local authorities with the support of almost €330m in grant assistance from the Affordable Housing Fund.
Of these, a total of 894 affordable homes were delivered by local authorities in 2022 and 2023 with AHF/SSF assistance, at an average Exchequer cost of €75,542 per affordable home.
