Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
525. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of affordable homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Fund in 2022 that went sale closed in 2022. [63995/22]
View answer2022 represented the commencement of a very ambitious programme of delivery of affordable housing. This momentum will continue with delivery significantly increasing in 2023. A pipeline of housing delivery is in place and being developed by local authorities, by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) and by the LDA.
Local authorities have been begun 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 in Q1 2023.
Specifically with regard to closing of the sale of each affordable home after the unit is completed and delivered, conveyancing timelines are very much dependent on individual purchasers' arrangements with their mortgage provider and the local authority in question.
To support this new process, pro forma legal and conveyancing material has been issued by my Department to all local authorities, having been agreed across stakeholders including the Law Society, all participating banks, local authorities, the Property Registration Authority and others. The sale of an affordable home is expected to be completed shortly after the home is advertised and available for transfer to the purchaser.
