Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 June 2016
104. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the forthcoming national housing needs assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16096/16]
View answerThe Social Housing Strategy 2020 – Support, Supply and Reform, published in November 2014, included a commitment to undertake summaries of social housing assessments on an annual basis from 2016. Arrangements to carry out the 2016 summary, which will provide updated figures of national housing need later this year, are well advanced.
A suite of supporting documents was issued by my Department to housing authorities on 9 June 2016 which included a Direction to each housing authority to prepare a summary of the social housing assessments in its administrative area on 21 September 2016, with electronic data to be submitted to the Local Government Management Agency on or before 12 October 2016. Detailed guidance has been prepared by the Housing Agency and provided to all authorities to support the Social Housing Assessment 2016 and my Department will be hosting two information sessions for authorities on 30 June and 6 July next. Following the submission of data by housing authorities by 12 October, the Housing Agency will prepare a final report setting out a Summary of the Social Housing Assessment 2016.
