Written Answers Nos. 104-109
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.
105. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who acquired houses under the shared ownership scheme will be eligible to purchase houses under the new tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16104/16]
View answer106. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who were allocated social housing under the Part V arrangements will be eligible to buy out their houses under the tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16105/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 106 together.
The new Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per annum, have been in receipt of social housing support for at least 1 year and have been allocated a house under a local authority allocation scheme.
There is no provision under the 2016 Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme to allow Shared Ownership borrowers to purchase their house at a discounted price. The Shared Ownership Schemes were designed to enable borrowers to achieve full home ownership over the duration of their Shared Ownership agreement.
The provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, are designed to enable the development of mixed tenure sustainable communities. Part V units are excluded from the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme to ensure that units delivered under this mechanism will remain available for people in need of social housing support and that the original policy goals of the legislation are not eroded over time. The continued development of mixed tenure communities remains very important in promoting social integration.
The new Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme is in the early stages of implementation and the Department is monitoring the operation of the scheme in consultation with housing authorities. In line with the commitment in the new Programme for a Partnership Government to make the scheme more attractive for social housing tenants and to raise new funds for housing development, it is intended to undertake a review of the scheme following the first 12 months of operation and to bring forward any changes to the terms and conditions of the scheme which are considered necessary based on the evidence gathered at that stage.
107. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses allocated under Part V agreements, by county; the number of social houses in existence under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16106/16]
View answer108. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses that were included under the affordable housing scheme through Part V agreements since Part V was introduced, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16107/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 108 together.
The table sets out the affordable and social housing outputs under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, since 2000, based on information supplied by local authorities to my Department.
Further statistics on Part V are available on my Department’s website at: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublications/HousingStatistics/FileDownLoad,15291,en.xls.
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PART V, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 - 2010 |
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Affordable Housing |
- |
Social Housing:- |
Total Output under Part V |
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- |
- |
Local Authority |
Voluntary & Co-operative |
- |
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No. of units:- |
No. of units:- |
No. of units:- |
No. of units:- |
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- |
acquired |
acquired |
acquired |
acquired |
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2002 |
46 |
- |
- |
46 |
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2003 |
88 |
75 |
0 |
163 |
|
2004 |
374 |
135 |
82 |
591 |
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2005 |
962 |
203 |
206 |
1,371 |
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2006 |
1,600 |
508 |
90 |
2,198 |
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2007 |
2,063 |
790 |
393 |
3,246 |
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2008 |
3,081 |
1,075 |
362 |
4,518 |
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2009 |
827 |
535 |
552 |
1,914 |
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2010 |
254 |
311 |
107 |
672 |
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2011 |
98 |
92 |
172 |
362 |
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2012 |
99 |
117 |
4 |
220 |
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2013 |
10 |
52 |
32 |
94 |
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2014 |
32 |
35 |
0 |
67 |
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Total |
9,534 |
3,928 |
2,000 |
15,462 |
