Seán Crowe
Question:1112. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of affordable homes that are rented out in each local authority area. [38341/15]
View answerTuesday, 3 November 2015
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My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics. The statistics are available on my Department’s website at:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublications/HousingStatistics/FileDownLoad,15295,en.xls.
Statistics relating to the overall number of houses previously sold as affordable homes under local authority Affordable Housing schemes that are now rented out by the current owner are not collected by my Department.
However, Department records show that to the end of September 2015, under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP), previously known as the leasing initiative), 2,111 unsold affordable units were in use as social housing. A breakdown of these units by local authority is shown in the following table. These units are rented to social housing tenants.
|
Local Authority |
Housing Units |
|
Carlow County Council |
31 |
|
Cork City Council |
79 |
|
Cork County Council |
697 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
27 |
|
Donegal County Council |
21 |
|
Dublin City Council |
321 |
|
Fingal County Council |
272 |
|
Galway City Council |
57 |
|
Kerry County Council |
4 |
|
Kildare County Council |
73 |
|
Laois County Council |
79 |
|
Louth County Council |
48 |
|
Mayo County Council |
26 |
|
Meath County Council |
55 |
|
Offaly County Council |
9 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
6 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
162 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
24 |
|
Waterford City and County Council |
62 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
58 |
|
Overall |
2,111 |