Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2021
255. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of leases that Kildare County Council has entered into for the provision of housing in the county over the past three years; the number of houses these leases involved; the location of each within the county; the cost of these leases.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27586/21]
View answer256. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of leases that Kildare County Council has signed up for social housing that are not yet occupied; the location of these leases; the number of houses; the cost of these houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27587/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 256 together.
My Department publishes comprehensive statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity, including leasing delivery statistics by local authority. These statistics are published on my Department's website and are available at the following link - www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/
Funding for leasing projects is provided for under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP). This Programme 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 2018 to 2020 is set out in Table 1 below.
Details of the annual cost of each lease type in each year from 2018 to 2020 is set out in Table 2 below.
Data relating to the tenanting and allocations of dwellings is not held by my Department and is a matter for the local authority.
Table 1: Kildare County Council, Leasing Year End Figures 2018 to 2020.
Table 2: Kildare County Council, Leasing Spend - 2018 to 2020.
|
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 |
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.
