Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 October 2023
136. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targets for property development issued to Kildare County Council, under their respective Housing Needs and Demand Assessments (HNDA) broken down by area, and by year; the number of areas that have exceeded these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44587/23]
View answerHousing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes by 2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.
The tables below set out the social and affordable housing targets for Kildare County Council.
Social Housing Delivery Targets
|
Year |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Total |
|
Build |
370 |
400 |
409 |
440 |
449 |
2068 |
|
Long Term Leasing |
262 |
86 |
- |
- |
- |
348 |
|
Total |
632 |
486 |
409 |
440 |
449 |
2416 |
Affordable Housing Targets
|
Year |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Total |
|
Target |
15 |
42 |
59 |
55 |
55 |
226 |
A key action of Housing for All required local authorities to develop a Housing Delivery Action Plans to include details of social and affordable housing delivery. The Plans set out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. I also asked each local authority to assess the level of housing demand with affordability constraint projected for their area based on the Housing Need and Demand Assessment Tool and plan their provision accordingly. The Plans have been published on local authority's own websites and Kildare County Council's Plan can be found at: kildarecoco.ie/YourCouncil/Publications/Housing/Kildare%20County%20Council%20Housing%20Delivery%20Action%20Plan.pdf.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. Data to the end of Quarter 2 2023 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/.
My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and pre-tender process. The most recent publication was for Quarter 2 2023. The report is available at the following link: gov.ie - Social Housing Construction Projects - Status Reports (www.gov.ie)
A version of this file is available to download for analysis at data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q2-2023.
