Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 January 2014
145. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of National Asset Management Agency properties that have been offered to Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council for use as social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3005/14]
View answerMy Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and approved housing bodies towards identifying suitable NAMA housing units and bringing them into social housing use. It continues to be my Department's objective to maximise the delivery of social housing using all of the resources available.
By the end of December 2013, of the 4,374 units identified by NAMA as being potentially suitable, some 2,055 units have been confirmed by local authorities as being suitable for social housing. Completed housing unit transfers stand at 492, with a further 104 units contracted and where completion work on-going. This brings the overall total delivery of social housing from NAMA sourced units to 596 units (completed or contracted) since the process began.
In the Dublin City and Fingal County Council areas, NAMA have identified 628 and 203 units respectively as being potentially suitable. Of these, 247 units were available for consideration and confirmed as suitable for social housing by Dublin City Council, with 56 units similarly available and confirmed as suitable by Fingal County Council . At 31 December 2013, the number of units completed or contracted was 115 in the Dublin City Council and 44 in the Fingal County Council areas.
Further information in relation to the delivery of NAMA sourced units, including a full breakdown by county of units delivered by quarter, is available at the Housing Agency's website: www.housing.ie/NAMA.
