Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 March 2023
222. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of overall units and number of complexes owned and managed by an approved housing body (details supplied); and the funding provided by his Department to this AHB, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14533/23]
View answerStatistics on overall units owned, managed or leased by AHBs are captured as part of the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority’s (AHBRA) annual monitoring programme. The first monitoring programme took place in 2022 and statistics will be published by the Regulator over the coming months.
Information in respect of funding for individual Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) is not readily available within my Department.
There are a broad range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver housing supports in partnership with AHBs. My Department does not fund AHBs directly, rather the funding is primarily provided to the local authorities, who in turn, advance the funding to the AHBs, as appropriate.
In 2022, almost €0.8 billion was provided by my Department to the local authorities in respect of a range of AHB capital and current funded schemes.
In addition, relevant information in respect of homeless expenditure is published on my Department’s website at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/#local-authority-regional-financial-reports
According to the last annual report published by the AHB in Question (2021), a total of 2,704 properties are owned and managed by that organisation.
