Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 May 2023
206. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his targets for the number of homes to be delivered in 2024 funded by the first home scheme, the affordable housing fund scheme, the cost rental equity loan scheme and the LDA project tosaigh. [22269/23]
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. Under Housing for All, 2024 has a delivery target of 6,400 affordable homes for affordable purchase and cost rental across the various delivery streams.
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. It is anticipated that the momentum created by this initial delivery will be maintained in 2023, and continue to ramp up in 2024. A pipeline of housing delivery is in place and is under continuous development by both the local authorities, AHB's and the LDA.
