Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2022
315. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants for local authority housing by county; the plans to meet their requirements in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3542/22]
View answerDetail on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The SSHA captures the total number of households qualified for social housing support across the country whose social housing need has not yet been met and helps better inform policy and plan for the delivery of the right types of social housing support. The most recently published summary for all counties, conducted in November 2020, is available at:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/970ea-summary-of-social-housing-assessments-2020-key-findings/#:~:text=The%20Summary%20of%20Social%20Housing,is%20not%20currently%20being%20met.
The 2021 SSHA process is underway and I expect to publish the summary report before end Q1, 2022.
Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Under Housing for All, 47,600 new build social homes will be delivered between 2022 and 2026, and individual targets have been provided to each local authority for this period.
A key action under Housing for All required local authorities to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan, setting out details of social and affordable housing delivery over the next five years. All local authorities submitted their plans to me in December and my Department is engaging with them on these plans, in particular their alignment with the targets and policy objectives set out in Housing for All . Plans will be published in Quarter 2 and my Department will continue to engage with local authorities to support their implementation.
