Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
500. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide in tabular form the total number of homes delivered under each the following affordable homes schemes in 2022 -CREL, AHF, LDA- with a breakdown by local authority area, housing scheme name and average price. [13785/23]
View answerHousing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required 33,000 homes, on average, per year over the next decade. 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.
In implementing the key objectives under Housing for All, each local authority has prepared and published a Housing Delivery Action Plan in respect of local authority supported or overseen delivery from 2022 to 2026. 18 local authorities with a strong and identified affordable housing need were set affordable housing delivery targets and asked to include their planned affordable housing delivery in their Housing Delivery Action Plans. These plans were published on the local authorities’ respective websites in July 2022.
2022 represented the first year of a very ambitious programme of delivery of affordable housing. This momentum will continue with delivery stepping up this year. A pipeline of housing delivery is in place and under continuous development by local authorities, by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) and by the LDA.
Local Authorities are in the process of systematically collating information on delivery of affordable purchase and Cost Rental homes in their administrative areas (including returns for AHBs and the LDA), in the same manner as is currently undertaken for social housing. 2022 year end returns have now been submitted by Local Authorities to my Department and are currently being verified against Departmental information. Informed by this data, I expect that my Department will be in a position to report confirmed Local Authority wide 2022 social, affordable purchase and cost rental housing delivery shortly.
