Through the supports made available from my Department, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver social housing stock through new construction projects and the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use, including through working with Approved Housing Bodies.
Details on the number of properties purchased and built and purchased by Limerick City and County Council from 2007 to 2017 is 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 final quarter of 2017 is currently being collected and will be published once collated.