Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 June 2022
266. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if affordable homes that are developed by the Land Development Agency will be allocated under the council priority scheme applied to the council’s own affordable homes; and if it is intended that all Land Development Agency affordable homes for sale will be sold under a shared equity model. [34102/22]
View answerThe Housing for All Strategy delivers on the Programme for Government commitment to step up housing supply and put affordability at the heart of the housing system, with an ambitious target of 300,000 homes over the next decade for social, affordable and cost rental, private rental and private ownership housing. 54,000 affordable home interventions will be delivered between now and 2030 to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks.
The LDA has an immediate focus on managing the State's own lands to develop new homes, and regenerate under-utilised sites. In the longer-term, it will assemble strategic land-banks from a mix of public and private lands, making these available for housing in a controlled manner, which brings essential long-term stability to the Irish housing market.
All affordable purchase homes made available under the Housing for All targeted delivery streams will be sold under the provisions of the Affordable Housing Act 2021 and its associated regulations.
The LDA has advised my department this it is their intention to partner with Local Authorities in the sale of affordable purchase homes under the local authority affordable purchase scheme for Project Tosaigh contracted schemes. Units sold under the local authority affordable purchase scheme will be subject to the scheme of priority adopted by the local authority in the normal way. The local authority affordable purchase scheme is an equity based model.
For delivery of housing from state lands, the LDA’s intention is that the homes will be primarily owned and managed by the LDA for the provision of affordable rental accommodation. Details of the mechanism under the Affordable Housing Act under which it is intended the affordable purchase homes will be sold are being worked through.
