Within the 47,000 social housing units to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland: An Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, it is estimated at this stage that approximately 26,000 will be delivered from construction activity while 11,000 will be acquired by local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) directly from the market or from the Housing Agency, with a portion of these latter units also being newly built. A further 10,000 units will be leased by local authorities and AHBs.
A breakdown of the approximately 26,000 units to be delivered via construction activity is contained in the table.
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LA new build units
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13,189
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refurbishment of Social Housing Derelict and Void Units
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3,459
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Newly constructed units obtained by LAs under Part V
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2,070
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AHB new build units
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4,698
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Newly constructed units obtained under Part V by either LAs or AHBs
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2,620
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Total
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26,036
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The existing social units that are targeted for refurbishmentishment are those that may be derelict or in need of more substantial refurbishmentishment, over and above the normal pre-letting works carried out by local authorities under their own resources.
