Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme. A revolving Acquisitions Fund of €70m has been established with the objective of acquiring some 1,600 homes over the period to 2021, for onward sale to Approved Housing Bodies for use for social housing purposes.
The following table sets out the number of homes acquired and under Caretaker Lease and the average costs per county per annum from 2017 to end Q2 2019.
Local Authority
|
Number of Homes
|
Average Purchase Price
|
Total to Date
|
Carlow
|
|
|
|
2018
|
1
|
€135,000
|
|
2019
|
5
|
€161,120
|
|
Total
|
6
|
€156,767
|
€940,600
|
|
|
|
|
Cavan
|
|
|
|
2018
|
4
|
€106,813
|
|
2019
|
1
|
€125,000
|
|
Total
|
5
|
€110,450
|
€552,250
|
|
|
|
|
Clare
|
|
|
|
2018
|
4
|
€112,500
|
|
2019
|
1
|
€170,000
|
|
Total
|
5
|
€124,000
|
€620,000
|
|
|
|
|
Cork CITY
|
|
|
|
2018
|
7
|
€185,971
|
|
Total
|
7
|
€185,971
|
€1,301,800
|
|
|
|
|
Cork COUNTY
|
|
|
|
2018
|
32
|
€175,816
|
|
2019
|
33
|
€158,503
|
|
Total
|
65
|
€167,026
|
€10,856,700
|
|
|
|
|
Donegal
|
|
|
|
2017
|
1
|
€85,000
|
|
2018
|
7
|
€82,000
|
|
2019
|
1
|
€135,000
|
|
Total
|
9
|
€88,222
|
€794,000
|
|
|
|
|
Dublin City
|
|
|
|
2017
|
5
|
€252,600
|
|
2018
|
97
|
€257,259
|
|
2019
|
12
|
€291,334
|
|
Total
|
114
|
€260,642
|
€29,713,144
|
|
|
|
|
Dun Laoghaire
|
|
|
|
2018
|
8
|
€272,938
|
|
2019
|
5
|
€272,800
|
|
Total
|
13
|
€272,885
|
€3,547,500
|
|
|
|
|
Fingal
|
|
|
|
2017
|
1
|
€165,000
|
|
2018
|
79
|
€199,849
|
|
2019
|
6
|
€255,876
|
|
Total
|
86
|
€203,352
|
€17,488,305
|
|
|
|
|
Galway CITY
|
|
|
|
2017
|
1
|
€131,000
|
|
2018
|
4
|
€242,500
|
|
2019
|
1
|
€213,582
|
|
Total
|
6
|
€219,097
|
€1,314,582
|
|
|
|
|
Galway COUNTY
|
|
|
|
2017
|
1
|
€120,000
|
|
2018
|
17
|
€162,794
|
|
2019
|
3
|
€135,667
|
|
Total
|
21
|
€156,881
|
€3,294,500
|
|
|
|
|
Kerry
|
|
|
|
2017
|
9
|
€190,000
|
|
2018
|
4
|
€105,750
|
|
2019
|
2
|
€167,500
|
|
Total
|
15
|
€164533
|
€2,468,000
|
|
|
|
|
Kildare
|
|
|
|
2017
|
7
|
€272,500
|
|
2018
|
36
|
€204,729
|
|
2019
|
9
|
€176,289
|
|
Total
|
52
|
€208,930
|
€10,864,350
|
|
|
|
|
Kilkenny
|
|
|
|
2018
|
5
|
€120,700
|
|
2019
|
2
|
€127,867
|
|
Total
|
7
|
€122,748
|
€859,233
|
|
|
|
|
Laois
|
|
|
|
2017
|
1
|
€165,000
|
|
2018
|
19
|
€149,579
|
|
Total
|
20
|
€150,350
|
€3,007,000
|
|
|
|
|
Leitrim
|
|
|
|
2018
|
3
|
€86,667
|
|
2019
|
1
|
€94,500
|
|
Total
|
4
|
€88,625
|
€354,500
|
|
|
|
|
Limerick
|
|
|
|
2018
|
9
|
€144,000
|
|
2019
|
2
|
€217,500
|
|
Total
|
11
|
€157,364
|
€1,731,000
|
|
|
|
|
Longford
|
|
|
|
2018
|
3
|
€119,000
|
|
2019
|
2
|
€116,000
|
|
Total
|
5
|
€117,800
|
€589,000
|
|
|
|
|
Louth
|
|
|
|
2018
|
7
|
€159,429
|
|
2019
|
3
|
€170,000
|
|
Total
|
10
|
€162,600
|
€1,626,000
|
|
|
|
|
Mayo
|
|
|
|
2018
|
2
|
€125,000
|
|
2019
|
1
|
€91,963
|
|
Total
|
3
|
€113,988
|
€341,963
|
|
|
|
|
Meath
|
|
|
|
2017
|
3
|
€168,333
|
|
2018
|
14
|
€179,071
|
|
2019
|
9
|
€202,003
|
|
Total
|
26
|
€185,770
|
€4,830,030
|
|
|
|
|
Monaghan
|
|
|
|
2018
|
3
|
€133,333
|
|
Total
|
3
|
€133,333
|
€400,000
|
|
|
|
|
Offaly
|
|
|
|
2018
|
8
|
€127,500
|
|
2019
|
3
|
€130,667
|
|
Total
|
11
|
€128,364
|
€1,412,000
|
|
|
|
|
Roscommon
|
|
|
|
2018
|
1
|
€115,000
|
|
Total
|
1
|
€115,000
|
€115,000
|
|
|
|
|
Sligo
|
|
|
|
2018
|
1
|
€110,000
|
|
Total
|
1
|
€110,000
|
€110,000
|
|
|
|
|
South Dublin
|
|
|
|
2017
|
5
|
€190,000
|
|
2018
|
36
|
€202,083
|
|
2019
|
12
|
€225,800
|
|
Total
|
53
|
€206,313
|
€10,934,600
|
|
|
|
|
Tipperary
|
|
|
|
2018
|
29
|
€107,082
|
|
2019
|
8
|
€105,000
|
|
Total
|
37
|
€106,632
|
€3,945,375
|
|
|
|
|
Waterford
|
|
|
|
2018
|
14
|
€126,714
|
|
2019
|
1
|
€76,684
|
|
Total
|
15
|
€123,379
|
€1,850,684
|
|
|
|
|
Westmeath
|
|
|
|
2017
|
1
|
€95,000
|
|
2018
|
7
|
€150,436
|
|
2019
|
2
|
€144,000
|
|
Total
|
10
|
€143,605
|
€1,436,050
|
|
|
|
|
Wexford
|
|
|
|
2017
|
1
|
€60,000
|
|
2018
|
11
|
€116,909
|
|
2019
|
1
|
€126,000
|
|
Total
|
13
|
€113,231
|
€1,472,000
|
|
|
|
|
Wicklow
|
|
|
|
2018
|
9
|
€267,019
|
|
2019
|
2
|
€241,600
|
|
Total
|
11
|
€262,397
|
€2,886,370
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
645
|
€188,615
|
€121,656,536
|