Thomas Gould
Question:56. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses to be built by Cork City Council and by Approved Housing Bodies in Cork, respectively, in 2022. [33135/22]
View answerWednesday, 22 June 2022
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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. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes in the period 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.
Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes; 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2026. In September 2021, I issued social housing targets to each local authority, for the period 2022-2026 and in March I issued local authority targets for affordable purchase and cost-rental.
The Housing for All social and local authority affordable purchase and cost rental housing delivery targets for Cork City Council and Cork County Council for 2022 are set out in the table below.
|
Local Authority |
2022 Social Build Target |
2022 Social Lease Target |
2022 LA Affordable Purchase and Cost Rental Target |
|
Cork City |
515 |
81 |
70 |
|
Cork County |
560 |
N/A |
10 |
My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and pre-tender process. The most recent publication was for Q4 2021. The report is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/af746-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q4-2021/
A version of the CSR file can be downloaded at the link below and used for analysis in terms of local authority, funding programme, project status, location, approved housing body and completion date: data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q4-2021?package_type=dataset
A key action of Housing for All is that local authorities will develop and submit Housing Delivery Action Plans. The Plans set out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022 - 2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. All local authorities submitted their Housing Delivery Action Plans to me in December and my Department is now working closely with the local authorities to review and finalise the Plans, having regard to the targets and policy objectives set out in Housing for All. The Plans are due to be published by local authorities before the end of Quarter 2.
Question No. 57 answered with Question No. 53.