Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 April 2019
246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average annual cost per unit of the availability agreement payment to AHBs for each category of such availability agreement for each year since these agreements have been in place; and the number of such units and total costs of such units for each year each category of availability agreement has been in operation in tabular form. [17993/19]
View answerPayment and Availability (P&A) funding to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) was introduced by my Department for leased properties, secured by AHBs, in 2009. It was subsequently extended to the acquisition and construction of properties by AHBs and facilitates delivery under the Capital Advance Loan Facility (CALF), the Mortgage to Rent Scheme (MTR), the Housing Agency Acquisitions Fund (HAA) and the Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS). All P&A funding is underpinned by a P&A agreement, which is a template contractual arrangement between an AHB and a local authority setting out the terms under which AHBs make properties available to local authorities for the purpose of providing social housing support.
The average cost of P&A agreements varies having regard to the level of discount on market rent applicable to each specific funding scheme, together with variations in market rents across different geographical areas and property types. The average annual cost per unit of each category of P&A agreement, and the total number of operational units supported each year, is set out in Table 1. A breakdown of the data by the categories sought is not available before 2014. As has been clarified separately for the Deputy, P&A costs are not comparable to the payments arising under Social Housing PPP contracts.
The total P&A spend for 2018 is set out in Table 2. The total cost of such units, broken down by the categories sought, in not available before 2018. The data below is based on local authority claims for operational P&A agreements recorded on the Department’s SHCEP financial management system. Any variations in data between operational figures and total output across build, acquisition and leasing delivery streams is due to the time lag in the submission of claims to the Department in respect of new units after delivery.
Table 1: Average Annual P&A Cost and Total Operational Units under P&A 2014 - 2018
|
|
2014 |
2014 |
2015 |
2015 |
2016 |
2016 |
|
P&A Type |
Total Units |
Average Annual Cost |
Total Units |
Average Annual Cost |
Total Units |
Average Annual Cost |
|
CALF (incl. HAA) |
661 |
€9,456 |
1,053 |
€9,480 |
1,528 |
€9,876 |
|
MTR |
49 |
€7,932 |
107 |
€8,388 |
178 |
€8,508 |
|
Leasing (incl. NARPS) |
510 |
€7,260 |
975 |
€8,052 |
1,176 |
€8,340 |
|
RLS |
0 |
€0 |
0 |
€0 |
0 |
€0 |
|
Total |
1,220 |
€8,364 |
2,135 |
€8,724 |
2,882 |
€9,108 |
|
|
2017 |
2017 |
2018 |
2018 |
|
P&A Type |
Total Units |
Average Annual Cost |
Total Units |
Average Annual Cost |
|
CALF (incl. HAA) |
2,575 |
€10,572 |
3,816 |
€11,292 |
|
MTR |
264 |
€8,772 |
379 |
€9,000 |
|
Leasing (incl. NARPS) |
1,725 |
€9,300 |
1,838 |
€9,228 |
|
RLS |
0 |
€0 |
1 |
€7,200 |
|
Total |
4,564 |
€9,984 |
6,034 |
€10,512 |
Table 2: Total Cost P&A agreements 2018
|
P&A Type |
Cost 2018 |
|
CALF (incl. HAA) |
€42,831,138 |
|
MTR |
€3,481,410 |
|
Leasing (incl. NARPS) |
€16,714,251 |
|
RLS |
€4,303 |
|
Total |
€63,031,102 |
