Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023
813. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding drawn down from the voids programme, by each local authority, in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [37208/23]
View answerThe management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966.
Since 2014, Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to support local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-letting. This funding was initially introduced to tackle long term vacant units and is now increasingly targeted at ensuring minimal turnaround and re-let times for local authority vacant stock.
An annualised breakdown by local authority of the funding provided and the number of properties remediated under the Voids programme for the years 2014 up to and including 2022 is available on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/0906a-other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics/#voids-programme
Local authorities have been notified of their targets and funding available for 2023, however, it will be later this year before significant claims have been received. Full details on 2023 will be available early in 2024.
