Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 October 2016
26. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 47,000 social housing units detailed in pillar two of rebuilding Ireland, by local authority and year of delivery. [28710/16]
View answerOf the 47,000 social housing units to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, an Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, approximately 26,000 will be constructed, while 11,000 will be acquired by local authorities and approved housing bodies directly from the market or the Housing Agency, with a portion of these being newly built units. 10,000 units will be leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies, which includes an estimated 5,000 units to be sourced from the NTMA Special Purpose Vehicle and 5,000 properties to be secured from a combination of the Repair and Leasing Initiative that will be piloted shortly and under long-term lease arrangements by local authorities and approved housing bodies from a range of different sources, not including Part V. This therefore includes a mix of units from the existing housing stock and newly built units. Overall, it is estimated that around 4,700 units could be secured for social housing from Part V agreements.
The final delivery will ultimately depend on many factors, including activity in the private sector, capacity of local authorities and approved housing bodies and readiness of projects.
All local authority areas already have targets out to 2017 and reflecting the increased targets of Rebuilding Ireland, new individual targets will be issued which will be based on the Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2016. The Assessments process is now well advanced and will provide updated figures of national housing need; this will allow for social housing delivery and resources to be aligned with the up-to-date, priority housing needs locally. I expect that new targets for each local authority, taking account of the updated housing needs data, will be finalised very early in 2017.
