Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 June 2015
226. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the housing targets that each of the Dublin local authorities has to achieve for the Social Housing Strategy 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24126/15]
View answerSocial housing is a key priority for this Government, as evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for it in Budget 2015 and the publication of the Social Housing Strategy 2020 in November 2014. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households through the Housing Assistance Payment and Rental Accommodation Scheme, will address the needs of the circa 90,000 households on the housing waiting lists. Social housing targets have been set for each local authority out to 2017 and are available on my Department’s website, along with the provisional funding allocations, at the following link:
http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,41016,en.htm .
