Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
783. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the spend in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and the projected spend for 2020 and 2021 on leasing, housing assistance payments and rental accommodation scheme agreements between local authorities and landlords by authority and type of agreement; and the number of these arrangements that are direct transfers from rent allowance arrangements. [41147/21]
View answerThe 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, developers and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs).
Details on SHCEP expenditure for the years 2015-2020, broken down by local authority, and the number of SHCEP agreements supported by my Department during that period are published at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision. €250m has been allocated to SHCEP in 2021.
Total expenditure by my Department on the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) for the period 2016 – 2020, 2021 HAP budget and the numbers of transfers from Rent Supplement to HAP are in the table below:
|
Year |
Outturn €M |
Number of Rent Supplement Transfers (per annum) |
|
2016 |
57.69 |
3,661 |
|
2017 |
152.69 |
4,131 |
|
2018 |
276.6 |
3,329 |
|
2019 |
382.4 |
2,799 |
|
2020 |
464.6 |
1,409 |
|
2021 |
558* |
327 - Q1 2021 |
*Exchequer allocation for 2021
Data for the years 2016 - 2020 in relation to the number of cost of tenancies funded under the RAS scheme, broken down by local authority, is available on my Department's website at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/?referrer=http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision#rental-accommodation-scheme-ras
Information on Rent Supplement Transfers to RAS from 2016 to 2021 (Q1) is also available at that link. €133m has been allocated to RAS in 2021.
