Approved Housing Bodies

Tuesday, 14 December 2021

Questions (331)

Niall Collins

Question:

331. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of all approved housing bodies in the State; the number of social, affordable and other type of housing units analysed by local authority area under their ownership and or management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61914/21]

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Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

There are currently 450 organisations listed on my Department's Register of Housing Bodies with Approved Status. Further information is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/1172c-register-of-housing-bodies-with-approved-status-under-section-6-of-the-housing-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1992/

The table below provides information on of the number of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) signed up to the Voluntary Regulatory Code, which are active in each local authority, along with the number of units either owned, managed or leased. This information is sourced from the most recent Sectoral Analysis Report produced by the Housing Agency's Regulation Office www.housingagency.ie/sites/default/files/2021-07/Regulation%20Annual%20Report%202020%20FINAL.pdf which provides a comprehensive overview of the AHB sector.

Local Authority	No. of AHBs operating in Local Authority*	No. of Units**
Dublin City	48	8756
Limerick City & County	46	1787
Cork County	40	2414
Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown	32	1767
Kilkenny	31	1044
Cork City	30	1874
Kildare	30	2021
Fingal	30	2372
Tipperary	29	1227
Meath	27	1177
South Dublin	26	2834
Mayo	24	792
Wicklow	24	746
Clare	22	655
Donegal	19	1084
Waterford City & County	19	1301
Wexford	19	954
Kerry	18	921
Galway City	17	865
Galway County	17	675
Offaly	17	557
Louth	17	1680
Laois	17	890
Westmeath	16	261
Sligo	14	474
Monaghan	12	366
Carlow	12	822
Cavan	11	264
Longford	10	370
Roscommon	8	207
Leitrim	7	72
Total		41229

* Based on AHBs signed up to the Voluntary Code

** Based on December 2019 data

My Department also publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on social housing delivery for each local authority on a quarterly basis. These statistics, which include programmes supported by AHB delivery, are available to the end of Quarter 3 and are published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/

In addition to the statistical overview of activity in each local authority, a detailed Social Housing Construction Status Report is published each quarter which provides scheme level detail on new build activity, including those delivered by AHBs. The most recent publication covers the period up to the end of Quarter 3 2021 and is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/feea9-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q3-2021/.

Following on from the introduction of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019, the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) was formally established on 1 February 2021. The Regulator will have responsibility for, inter alia, establishing and maintaining a register of AHBs; preparing standards by which AHBs will be monitored and assessed; encouraging and facilitating the better governance, administration and management, including corporate governance and financial management, of AHBs. The Regulator will have powers to carry out investigations and cancel the registration of AHBs.

The functions of the Regulator will also include collecting such information concerning AHBs as the Regulator considers necessary and appropriate for the purposes of the performance of the Regulator’s functions, and publishing such information (including statistical information) concerning AHBs as the Regulator considers appropriate.