Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 May 2020
1047. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the breakdown of the 6,074 social housing builds in 2019 by category (details supplied); and the average price paid or approved by his Department for each category. [7400/20]
View answerMy Department publishes comprehensive statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity under Rebuilding Ireland. This is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link:
https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision
This data provides a breakdown of social housing delivery across the range of mechanisms referred to. In addition to the statistical overview of activity in each local authority, a detailed Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) is published which provides scheme level detail on new build activity under Rebuilding Ireland. The most recent publication covers the period up to the end of Q4 2019 and was published on 14 May 2020. This report is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link:
https://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-social-housing-construction-status-report-for-q4-2019-2/
A total of 6,074 homes were delivered through Local Authority new build, Local Authority Part V, Local Authority turnkey, AHB new build and Voids. The breakdown is as follows:
|
Category |
Total number of Homes |
|
LA new build (including Regeneration) |
1,152 |
|
LA Turnkey |
1,119 |
|
LA Part V |
589 |
|
AHB New Build |
2,174 |
|
AHB Part V |
737 |
|
Voids (capped at Rebuilding Ireland target) |
303 |
It should be noted that while delivery in excess of the Rebuilding Ireland capped Voids target is not included in the delivery against LA build target data, in total my Department supported local authorities to bring over 1,500 vacant homes back into active use under the Voids programme in 2019. When combined with the many other properties that local authorities upgrade and refit using own funding, this programme is a valuable additional assistance to maximise the potential for build activity to bring vacant or derelict properties back into productive use.
While statistics have been collated in relation to delivery, a unit cost analysis across individual programmes for 2019 has not yet been completed.
