Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 July 2021
228. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the 91 new social homes targeted to be delivered through the build programme in County Mayo in 2021; the number of these 91 houses in relation to which construction has begun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39023/21]
View answerThe Programme for Government includes a commitment to deliver 50,000 new social homes with a focus on new build homes. Subject to the impact of COVID-19, the €3.3bn investment this year would fund delivery of 12,750 new social homes in 2021, including 9,500 new build homes. In December 2020, I issued delivery targets for 2021 to each local authority, with Mayo County Council set a target to deliver 156 new social homes, including 91 new build homes.
The Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) published each quarter provides scheme level detail on social housing new build activity in each local authority, including Mayo. The most recent report covers the period up to the end of Quarter 1 2021. It showed that 22 social homes had been delivered, although no new Build homes were complete at the time. The report also shows there are 79 homes onsite across 11 schemes with a further 207 homes at various stages of the design and pre-tender process. The CSR is available at the following link: rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-obrien-publishes-social-housing-construction-status-report-for-q1-2021/
I have asked all local authorities to work closely with developers, contractors and AHB delivery partners to ensure that the maximum number of new social homes are delivered this year. We will be shortly publishing our new Housing Strategy, Housing for All, which will set out our ambition to deliver more homes across all tenures, with a key focus on the delivery of more social homes.
