Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 December 2023
227. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he expects extra local authority houses to become available in the course of the next twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54432/23]
View answerUnder Housing for All, we will deliver a total of 47,600 new build social homes, as well as 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-26.
The 2024 funding provision for my Department will allow us to meet the social housing needs of almost 22,000 households, which will include 9,300 new build social homes and supporting a further 6,400 households to buy or rent at an affordable price.
My Department and I are working constantly with our local authorities on their delivery of new public homes, including those being delivered in partnership with the Approved Housing Bodies.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority. This data is available to the Quarter 2 2023, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/
My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments and their location that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender processes. The most recent publication was for Quarter 1 2023. A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis of completions, locations, approvals stage etc. at the link below: data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q1-2023
In addition, data for affordable housing delivery is published on a quarterly basis, similar to social housing delivery. This data is available up to Quarter 2 2023 and is published at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery
