Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2023
373. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will set out, in tabular form, the targets for affordable delivery for 2023 and 2024 under the affordable housing fund; the cost rental equity loan; project Tosaigh and the LDA direct delivery. [29306/23]
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, 2023 has a delivery target of 5,500 affordable homes for affordable purchase and cost rental across various delivery streams, while 2024 has a delivery target of 6,400 such homes.
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. Each local authority published its plan on its website 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 affordable housing delivery is in place and is under continuous development by both the local authorities, AHBs and the LDA.
