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Housing Policy

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 February 2022

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Questions (323)

David Stanton

Question:

323. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 19 January 2022, the amount made available in respect of each local authority to bring the 319 unsold affordable housing units fully into use in each local authority’s housing stock; the number of these houses per local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4290/22]

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In 2009 the Department issued guidance to local authorities on the use of unsold affordable properties (USAs) to provide social housing. Whilst the original intention was that these properties would be sold on as affordable homes once demand increased to a level that would stimulate a sale, following the financial crash, developments in the housing market resulted in significantly reduced demand for affordable housing and a build-up of unsold affordable housing units in a number of localauthrity areas.

A data collection exercise in 2020 identified over 2,000 USAs across 19 local authorities with outstanding loans to the Housing Finance Agency (HFA). These units are currently occupied by social housing tenants.

Following discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, €54,918,210 voted capital funding was used in December 2021 to bring 319 of these unsold affordable units fully into local authority stock by repaying the HFA debt on those units. Details of these units are as follows:

Local Authority

 Housing Units 

Loan Repayment

Carlow County Council 

17

€2,795,392.00

Cork City

29

€5,295,623.00

Cork County

20

€2,800,592.00

Donegal County Council

2

€211,220.00

Dublin City Council

37

€7,154,231.00

Fingal County Council

31

€7,181,196.00

Galway City Council

27

€3,229,807.00

Kerry County Council

5

€857,664.00

Kildare County Council 

19

€2,905,580.00

Laois County Council 

21

€3,080,006.00

Louth County Council 

16

€2,859,788.00

Mayo County Council 

2

€558,448.00

Meath County Council 

25

€2,596,046.00

Offaly County Council 

6

€989,847.00

Roscommon County Council 

6

€695,939.00

South Dublin County Council 

31

€6,891,895.00

Tipperary County Council 

2

€282,609.00

Waterford City & County Council

5

€878,116.00

Westmeath County Council 

18

€3,654,211.00

 

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