Eoin Ó Broin
Question:466. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes brought into use in quarter 1 of 2021 via the repair and lease scheme. [21575/21]
View answerWednesday, 28 April 2021
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The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or approved housing bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in vacant dwellings across Ireland. Subject to the suitability of the dwelling for social housing, the cost of the necessary repairs will be met upfront by the local authority or an AHB with the cost of the repairs being recovered from the property owner by offsetting it against the lease payment.
At end 2020, a total of 234 dwellings had been brought back into use under the scheme across a range of dwelling types, including over the shop properties, former bedsits, city centre terraced houses, and one off rural dwellings. The budget allocation for RLS in 2021 is €11 million, targeting the delivery of 170 homes. My Department is currently collecting data from local authorities in relation to social housing delivery for Q1 2021 and this data will be published when available.
Data to end Q4 2020 in relation to dwellings delivered by each local authority under RLS is available on my Department's website at the following link:
https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#repair-and-leasing-scheme-rls