Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2022
100. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social houses that were built, allocated and delivered by approved housing bodies in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3192/22]
View answerMy Department supports local authorities to engage with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in the delivery of housing. There are a range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social housing supports in partnership with AHBs through capital and current funding. The funding under these programmes is provided directly to local authorities who, in turn, advance the funding to AHBs, as appropriate.
In 2020, 3,312 homes were delivered by AHBs through Build, Acquisition and Lease programmes. This included 2,472 new build social housing homes. In 2021, the statistics are available to the end of Quarter 3 2021. In the first 9 months of 2021, 2,061 homes were delivered by AHBs through Build, Acquisition and Lease programmes. This included 1,578 new build homes. My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on social housing delivery for each local authority on a quarterly basis. These statistics include details of homes delivered by AHBs and are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/
The allocation of homes to households on a social housing waiting list by either AHBs or local authorities is a matter for individual local authorities in line with their scheme of housing allocations.
