Capital allocations to enable local authorities to fund the provision of dwellings under the affordable housing scheme in 2002 were notified to local authorities by my Department on 12 July 2002. Within these allocations authorities can finance expenditure by way of loans from the Housing Finance Agency, or from their own resources. The following table sets out the allocation notified to each local authority.
Separate allocations are not made to authorities in respect of the subsidy which may be payable by the Department towards the cost of acquisition and development of the sites of these dwellings. Expenditure incurred for this purpose by authorities is recouped by my Department on receipt of a valid claim from the authority. Details of activity under the affordable housing scheme are published in my Department's housing statistics bulletins which are available in the Oireachtas Library. Activity under the scheme has increased significantly. At the end of 2001 there were 1,177 dwellings in progress, while at the end of June 2002, there were 1,848 dwellings in progress.
Affordable Housing Scheme Allocations 2002