Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 November 2023
394. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the provision of additional housing staff to Tipperary County Council for the establishment of new affordable housing schemes in towns and villages across the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52900/23]
View answerFollowing the publication of Housing for All in September 2021, I asked all local authorities to prepare Housing Delivery Action Plans. Each local authority was asked to assess the level of housing demand with an affordability constraint projected for their area based on the Housing Need and Demand Assessment Tool (HNDA) in order to plan their provision accordingly.
Local authorities with the highest levels of affordable housing need were asked to prepare Affordable Delivery Plans as part of their overall Plans and were set five-year Affordable Delivery Targets.
Tipperary does not have a specific target as average house price levels in the county are still well below the national median.
However, I would point out that in local authority areas without specific affordable housing delivery targets, where localised challenges are evidenced, funding can be made available to develop an affordable housing scheme or schemes in line with Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) criteria.
