John Lahart
Question:154. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many cost rental homes are to be delivered in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23644/23]
View answerThursday, 18 May 2023
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Housing for All aims to deliver 18,000 Cost Rental homes by 2030, to be facilitated by Approved Housing Bodies, Local Authorities, and the Land Development Agency. The goal for Cost Rental is to support those on moderate incomes for whom market rents are unaffordable and who do not qualify for social housing.
AHBs are supported in this work by the Cost Rental Equity Loan, and Local Authorities by grant funding from the Affordable Housing Fund. The LDA is also delivering Cost Rental through acquisitions under Project Tosaigh and developments on its own sites.
Local authorities now submit data returns and information on delivery of affordable homes in their area to my Department, in the same manner as is done for social housing. The 2022 process is now complete and statistical data on delivery across all delivery streams has been validated and published on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery.
2022 represented the first year of a very ambitious programme of delivery of affordable housing, including a total of 684 Cost Rental homes. It is anticipated that the momentum created by this initial delivery will be maintained this year, and will continue to ramp up into 2024. A pipeline of Cost Rental housing delivery is in place and is under continuous development by AHBs, Local Authorities, and the LDA.
Question No. 155 answered with Question No. 108.