Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 October 2017
602. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the 430 housing estates that remain unfinished, by county; the estimated number of occupied houses or persons living in these unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43676/17]
View answerThe 2016 Annual Progress Report on Unfinished Housing Developments, published in March 2017, highlighted that the number of ‘unfinished’ developments had reduced by over 85% from just under 3,000 developments in 2010 to 420 developments in 2016, with 248 developments resolved in 2016 alone.
Funding of the resolution process is now centred around investment by housing providers and their funders as well as income from bonds and securities.
Of the 420 remaining estates, 34.8% of these are occupied. All information on the remaining unfinished housing estates (including a list of the names of all 420 estates and a breakdown of the figures by county and by occupancy rates) is available on my Department's website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/unfinished-housing-developments/national-housing-development-survey/unfinished-housing.
The 2016 Annual Progress Report is available at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/resolving_unfinished_housing_developments_-_2016_annual_progress_report.pdf.
The residual level of unfinished housing developments remaining is expected to show further reduction when the 2017 survey is finalised and the 2017 Annual Progress Report is published by year end.
