Social and Affordable Housing Data

Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Questions (247)

Darragh O'Brien

Question:

247. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the locations by local authority of the ten affordable purchase scheme sites approved to date; the estimated completion times of each; the anticipated cost per unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18061/19]

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Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

Under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), the Government has committed €310 million over the three years 2019 to 2021, to provide infrastructure supports for the delivery of 6,200 affordable homes to purchase or rent. In December 2018, an initial 10 projects, with the potential for 1,400 affordable homes, were approved with an allocation of €43 million under the first call for proposals, details of which are set out in the following table.

Local Authority	Project/ Location	Total provisional cost of proposal	Provisional Exchequer grant amount	Provisional local authority contribution	Affordable housing potential
Cork County	Glanmire	€1,500,000	€1,335,000	€165,000	20
Cork City	Boherboy Road	€4,968,366	€4,421,846	€546,520	103
Cork City	Kilmore Road, Churchfield	€1,410,551	€1,255,390	€155,160	21
Dublin City	Cherry Orchard	€7,645,415	€6,804,419	€840,996	183
Dublin City	Balbutcher, Ballymun	€4,135,351	€3,680,462	€454,889	74
Dublin City	Sillogue, Ballymun	€3,975,000	€3,537,750	€437,250	83
DLR	Enniskerry Road	€4,537,576	€4,038,443	€499,133	50
Fingal	Church Fields, Mulhuddart	€11,000,000	€9,790,000	€1,210,000	753
Fingal	Dun Emer, Lusk	€1,500,000	€1,335,000	€165,000	74
Fingal	Hackettstown, Skerries	€2,198,667	€1,956,814	€241,853	49
Total		€42,870,926	€38,155,124	€4,715,801	1,410

The overall cost and the timing of delivery for these projects is contingent upon the completion of planning and procurement in the first instance, and local authorities are working to achieve delivery as quickly as possible. It is expected that the first tranche of affordable homes will be delivered next year.

I recently issued a second call for applications under the Serviced Sites Fund. As a result, 19 local authorities who carried out economic assessments, which identified affordability issues in their areas, will be in a position to make applications for funding in respect of additional sites earmarked for affordable housing.

Furthermore, approximately 2,350 affordable homes are in the process of being delivered on mainly publicly owned lands supported through the €200 million Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF). An additional 5,600 homes will benefit from a LIHAF-related cost reduction, some of which are already coming to market. Details of these schemes and their locations are available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at http://rebuildingireland.ie/lihaf/.