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Housing Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2021

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Questions (397)

Réada Cronin

Question:

397. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term leases active in north County Kildare in each year from 2009 to 2020 inclusive and to date in 2021; the annual cost of each lease type for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26460/21]

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The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the long term leasing of houses and apartments from private owners and Approved Housing Bodies.

At end 2020, a total of 273 leased properties were supported under SHCEP across all leasing delivery programmes in Kildare County Council. A breakdown of the total number of leased dwellings by lease type for each year 2014 to 2020 is set out in Table 1 below.  A detailed breakdown by lease type is not available for the period 2009 to 2013.

Details of the annual cost of each lease type in each year from 2018 to 2020 is set out in Table 2 below. Data in relation to the cost of each lease type is not available for the period 2009 to 2017.  Leasing delivery data for Q1 2021 is currently being collated so the data requested for 2021 is not yet available.

All data is based on local authority claims for operational agreements recorded on the Department's SHCEP financial management system. Any variations in data between operational figures and total output under leasing delivery streams may be due to the time lag in the submission of claims to my Department in respect of new claims after delivery.

Table 1: Kildare County Council, Leasing Year End Figures 2014 to 2020 (as part of SHCEP)

Year

AHB MTR

AHB Private   Lease

LA Direct

Private MTR

RLS

Unsold   Affordables

Total

2014

5

83

1

 

 

73

162

2015

8

111

1

 

 

73

193

2016

9

94

1

 

 

73

177

2017

19

165

2

 

 

73

259

2018

24

129

19

 

 

67

239

2019

37

120

18

 

1

67

243

2020

44

119

40

2

1

67

273

Table 2: Kildare County Council, Leasing end 2018 to 2020 Spend

Scheme

2018

2019

2020

AHB MTR

€213,891

€354,325

€416,876

AHB Private Lease

€1,092,000

€1,257,571

€1,176,831

LA Direct

€102,296

€184,102

€437,804

Private MTR

€0

€0

€16,213

RLS

€0

€8,159

€5,760

Unsold Affordables

€168,528

€160,964

€160,524

Total

€1,576,715

€1,965,121

€2,214,008

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