Local Authority Housing Data

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Questions (21)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

21. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses built, purchased and allocated to tenants by each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area in the past 12 months to date; the number of houses under construction in the same areas during the same period and now ready for occupation; the number of local authority loans issued during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2135/17]

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Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Under my Department’s Social Housing Capital Investment and Social Housing Current Expenditure Programmes, funding is provided to local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments. Details on the number of properties constructed and purchased by all local authorities, including all four Dublin Local Authorities for letting to those on their social housing waiting lists are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision.

Information on the full year of 2016 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.

Details of projects under construction, by local authority area and approved housing body where applicable, are available on my Department’s website at the following link:

http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/attachments/1a3-sh-approvals-2015-2016.xlsx.

All of these projects are now at various stages of advancement through the 4 stage approval process, some of which having progressed through all stages and are now on site.

My Department does not hold information on the allocation of social housing supports to households on the waiting list. The allocation of such support is a matter for each housing authority in accordance with its allocation scheme made under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.

The total amount of house purchase loans issued by each local authority in the Dublin area in Q1-Q3 2016 is shown in the following table. Local Authorities in the Dublin area issued house purchase loans totalling €2,589,700 during the period 1 January 2016 to 30 September 2016. Data for Q4 2016 is not yet available.

Local Authority Loans Paid

Local Authority	2016 - Q3
County Council	Number	Value (€)
DL/Rathdown	0	0
Fingal	13	1,938,100
South Dublin	2	250,000
City Council
Dublin City Council	3	401,600
Total	18	2,589,700