Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 November 2017
219. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing units directly built, and expected to be built, in each local authority area in each of the years 2015 to 2019, by social housing, affordable housing and housing by approved voluntary bodies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49652/17]
View answerDetails on the number of properties of various categories, purchased and built in all local authority areas, 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 quarter three of 2017 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.
Rebuilding Ireland targets the delivery of 50,000 social homes by 2021, supported by investment of €6 billion. Information on this delivery is in the following table, with 33,431 to be delivered via construction activity, both by local authorities and by approved housing bodies.
|
Construction |
Acquisition |
Leasing |
|
|
2016 |
2,260 |
1,755 |
225 |
|
2017 |
3,200 |
1,250 |
600 |
|
2018 |
4,969 |
900 |
2,000 |
|
2019 |
6,385 |
1,025 |
2,130 |
|
2020 |
7,716 |
800 |
2,631 |
|
2021 |
8,907 |
800 |
2,450 |
|
TOTAL |
33,437 |
6,530 |
10,036 |
Social housing current construction activity, on a local authority by local authority basis, can be seen in the quarterly status reports that are now published covering all approved social housing construction projects. These reports show details such as the project locations, number of new homes being constructed and information relating to their advancement.
The most recent of these reports covers the period up to the end of quarter 2 of 2017 and it contains information on the delivery of 11,000 new social homes. 1,100 of these were delivered between 2016 and end-quarter 2 of 2017; a further 2,700 are on site and under construction, with the remainder progressing through planning, design and on to construction. The report can be accessed at the following link: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/social-housing-schemes-2017/.
It will be these schemes that will form a significant element of delivery over the period 2018 and 2019. I am keen that all local authorities advance their social housing programmes as speedily as possible and I have assured them that funding is in place to support their activity in this regard.
