Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 October 2022
292. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase homes that he expects will be delivered with the €90 million allocation to the Affordable Housing Fund in 2023. [48299/22]
View answerOver the period to 2026, the Government's Housing for All strategy commits to delivering 10,000 Cost Rental homes and 18,000 Affordable Purchase homes which will be delivered by Approved Housing Bodies (s), local authorities, the Land Development Agency (LDA), and the First Home shared equity scheme.
2022 represents the first year of a very ambitious programme of delivery of affordable housing. This momentum will continue with delivery significantly increasing in 2023. More than 2,800 homes will be delivered for affordable purchase and cost rental, through both LDA investment and with funding of €90 million via the Affordable Housing Fund in 2023 to support delivery by local authorities.
A number of local authorities are currently working on submitting advance purchase proposals to my Department and it is anticipated that activity in this area will increase further going forward. Of those projects that have been approved to date, the majority will deliver affordable purchase homes in 2022 and 2023.
In implementing Housing for All, each local authority has now prepared a Housing Delivery Action Plan for 2022 to 2026. 18 local authorities with a strong and identified affordable housing need were asked to include planned affordable housing delivery in their Action Plans. These plans have now been published by each local authority. I have set five-year Affordable Housing delivery targets for those local authorities.
Local authorities have been asked to begin collating information on delivery of affordable homes in their area in the same manner as is currently done for social housing. It is intended that information on delivery across all delivery streams will be gathered by my Department and I expect that my Department will be in a position to begin reporting on affordable delivery in national quarterly delivery statistics later this year. A pipeline of affordable housing delivery is also being developed by local authorities.
