Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2023
33. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on social housing provision in Longford from 2020 to 2022; the target in place for same in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33147/23]
View answerMy Department publishes programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. This data 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/. This provides information for a number of categories of social housing delivery and also contains the targets for each local authority during each year of the programme.
Longford County Council’s Housing Delivery Action Plan, which sets out details of their proposed social housing delivery for the period 2022-2026, is available on the Council’s website at www.longfordcoco.ie/services/housing/lcc-housing-delivery-action-plan-2022-2026.docx. The Council has a social housing delivery target of 391 units over the period 2022 to 2026 and 74 units for 2023.
In addition to the aforementioned social housing delivery targets, 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 at least 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 target for social housing acquisitions in 2023. Under these arrangements, Longford County Council has a target to acquire at least 10 social homes in 2023 and this will be kept under review.
