asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the total number of grants for (a) new houses, and (b) reconstructed dwellings in the years 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housing Grants.
The information sought has been compiled in a tabular statement which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, will be circulated with the Official Report.
The total numbers of grants fully paid in the years in question to private persons and public utility societies in respect of the erection and reconstruction of houses under the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1952, were as follows:—
|
Financial Year |
Number of houses |
Totals |
|
|
(a)Erected |
(b)Reconstructed |
||
|
1949/50 |
2,667 |
1,249 |
3,916 |
|
1950/51 |
4,331 |
2,045 |
6,376 |
|
1951/52 |
5,221 |
2,173 |
7,394 |
|
1952/53 |
5,815 |
2,432 |
8,247 |