Housing Provision

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Questions (333, 382)

Ivana Bacik

Question:

333. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of tenant in situ purchases in each local authority. [33442/23]

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382. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of tenant in situ purchases that have been completed in each local authority since the scheme was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33806/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

I propose to take Questions Nos. 333 and 382 together.

Under 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 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 and these allocations are being kept under review.

Details of social housing 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/

Data is currently being collated for Quarter 1 2023 and will include a breakdown of the number of homes purchased by each local authority under the tenant in situ scheme. This data will be published in due course. Data on averages costs will be available subsequently, when local authorities have submitted full information in relation to the cost of completed acquisitions.