Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2022
147. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new build social homes and new build affordable homes that were delivered in County Mayo in 2021; the targets for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3340/22]
View answerMy Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on social housing delivery for each local authority on a quarterly basis. The statistics are available to the end of Quarter 3 2021 and show that in the first nine months of 2021, 11 new build social homes were delivered in Mayo in 2021. A detailed Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) is published each quarter by my Department. The CSR shows that there were 11 schemes of 88 homes on site in Mayo at the end of Quarter 3 2021 with a further 15 schemes of 225 homes at various stages of design and procurement. The 2022 social housing build target for Mayo County Council is 90 homes.
The delivery of affordable housing will be underpinned by local authorities' Housing Delivery Action Plans. Under Housing for All, all local authorities were required to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan by December 2021. This allows each local authority to assess the level of demand with affordability constraint in their area based on the Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA) and plan provision accordingly. Local authorities can undertake HNDA analysis at sub-county level to determine whether there is a need for Government funded affordable housing schemes in specific towns/areas.
