Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 March 2022
150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of housing needs demand assessment in respect of cost rental accommodation per local authority area over the next five years in tabular form; the breakdown of the projected demand for cost rental accommodation over the next five years per local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12041/22]
View answerThe Housing Need Demand Assessment (HNDA) tool estimates overall future housing requirement divided into four tenure-based categories on the basis of estimates of housing affordability:
1. Owner-occupier
2. Private renter
3. Affordability Constraint
4. Social renter
The HNDA tool does not separate the affordability constraint category into further sub-categories, e.g. cost-rental.
The Housing for All plan confirms Government plans to deliver 54,000 affordable homes nationally in the period to 2030. This includes 36,000 affordable purchase and 18,000 Cost Rental homes.
A Housing Delivery Action Plan is being prepared by each Local Authority and will underpin delivery to 2026 linked to identified need. Informed by the HNDA data for each area, these plans will detail intended delivery by tenure and provider (ie Local Authority/Land Development Agency/Approved Housing Body). Local authorities submitted the first iteration of their plans in December and my officials have now met with each authority. I expect that the final Delivery Action Plans will be published in Q2.
