Home Building Finance Ireland was established to increase the supply of new homes for owner-occupiers, renters and social housing by providing funding on commercial terms to housebuilders for commercially viable developments throughout Ireland. To March 2022, HBFI has approved funding of €1,129m across 81 projects in 20 counties. This funding will support the building of 4,920 new homes.
Additional detail requested is provided in the tables below:
(1) Approvals by Unit Size
Scheme Size Range
|
No. of Approvals
|
% of Total
|
0-24
|
38
|
47%
|
25-49
|
12
|
15%
|
50-99
|
19
|
23%
|
100-200
|
5
|
6%
|
200+
|
7
|
9%
|
Total
|
81
|
100%
|
(2) Approvals by County
County
|
No. of Approvals
|
No. of Homes
|
Carlow
|
1
|
22
|
Clare
|
2
|
30
|
Cork
|
13
|
584
|
Donegal
|
2
|
82
|
Dublin
|
14
|
1,723
|
Galway
|
4
|
196
|
Kerry
|
2
|
83
|
Kildare
|
5
|
307
|
Kilkenny
|
1
|
113
|
Laois
|
3
|
116
|
Limerick
|
1
|
76
|
Louth
|
7
|
388
|
Mayo
|
5
|
92
|
Meath
|
9
|
517
|
Monaghan
|
1
|
12
|
Offaly
|
3
|
83
|
Waterford
|
2
|
44
|
Wexford
|
1
|
16
|
Wicklow
|
4
|
422
|
Westmeath
|
1
|
14
|
Total
|
81
|
4,920
|
(3) Composition of HBFI approved funding
|
Total
|
% of Total
|
Owner-occupiers
|
Private Rental
|
Social Housing
|
Part V
|
Houses
|
3,164
|
64%
|
2,368
|
26
|
610
|
160
|
Apartments
|
1,756
|
36%
|
73
|
1,327
|
288
|
68
|
Total
|
4,920
|
|
2,441
|
1,353
|
898
|
228
|
% of Total
|
|
|
50%
|
27%
|
18%
|
5%
|