Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 April 2015
25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to his recent announcement of social housing targets to 2017, the way the numbers of units allocated to each authority will be delivered, whether by direct build, acquisition, leasing, approved housing bodies, rental accommodation schemes and the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/15]
View answerThe Social Housing Strategy targets the delivery of over 35,000 new social housing units over the period to 2020. These targets are broken down in the Strategy between those that are current-funded, at 23,400 units, and those that are capital-funded, at 12,173 units. The targets that I recently announced for all local authorities are out to 2017 and include almost 7,500 units that will be capital-funded and 15,400 current funded, of which 11,400 will be delivered through leasing and a further 4,000 delivered through the Rental Accommodation Scheme.
Local authorities are responsible for the detailed planning of social housing provision based on the needs of their areas. It is a matter for each local authority, in the first instance, to identify the appropriate initiatives to respond to their housing need. A breakdown has been provided to local authorities in relation to their targets as between capital-funded and current-funded units.
