Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 May 2023
127. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targets, if any, that exist for individual local authorities when acquiring units under the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/23]
View answerUnder Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs).
For 2023, the Government has agreed that there will be increased provision for social housing acquisitions and my Department will fund local authorities to acquire up to 1,500 social homes. The additional acquisitions will be focused on properties where a tenant in receipt of social housing supports has received a Notice of Termination due to the landlord’s intention to sell the property.
My Department issued a circular letter to all local authorities in March, setting out details of these arrangements and each local authority was provided with a provisional allocation for social housing acquisitions in 2023. These allocations will be kept under review by my Department.
Details of these acquisitions will be published as part of the comprehensive programme level statistics published by my Department on a quarterly basis. This data is available for all local authorities to the end of Quarter 4 2022 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.
The provisional allocations for social housing acquisitions for each local authority are set out in the table below.
|
Local Authority |
Allocation |
|
Carlow |
10 |
|
Cavan |
10 |
|
Clare |
20 |
|
Cork City |
80 |
|
Cork County |
60 |
|
Donegal |
15 |
|
Dublin City Council |
450 |
|
DLR |
60 |
|
Fingal County Council |
125 |
|
Galway City |
50 |
|
Galway County |
25 |
|
Kerry |
30 |
|
Kildare |
55 |
|
Kilkenny |
15 |
|
Laois |
10 |
|
Leitrim |
10 |
|
Limerick |
75 |
|
Longford |
10 |
|
Louth |
30 |
|
Mayo |
15 |
|
Meath |
40 |
|
Monaghan |
10 |
|
Offaly |
10 |
|
Roscommon |
10 |
|
Sligo |
15 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
150 |
|
Tipperary |
20 |
|
Waterford |
25 |
|
Westmeath |
15 |
|
Wexford |
20 |
|
Wicklow |
30 |
|
Total |
1,500 |
