Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
726. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage a list of affordable housing fund approvals by his Department broken down by local authority and detailing the number of units in each scheme, the location of each scheme, the amount of AHF per unit in each scheme and confirmation of those schemes completed where the AHF has been drawn down, in tabular form. [2231/24]
View answer837. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all affordable housing schemes that have drawn down their affordable housing fund, by the name of the scheme, the local authority responsible for the scheme and the amount of AHF per unit in each scheme, in tabular form. [1781/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 726 and 837 together.
Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes, including 36,000 affordable purchase and 18,000 cost rental homes, by 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks.
Following 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 new housing demand with affordability constraint projected for their area based on the Housing Need and Demand Assessment Tool and plan their provision accordingly. A copy of each Council’s Housing Delivery Action Plan is available on their individual websites where some information about local authority's plans for delivery of affordable purchase and cost rental housing (where relevant) is available.
Local authorities complete and submit data returns to my Department on delivery of affordable homes in their area in the same manner as is done for social housing. Statistical data on affordable housing delivery by tenure and by local authority area during 2022 and for Quarters 1, 2 and 3 of 2023 is published on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery
The information provided is currently not, however, collated in a manner that would allow my Department to provide the detailed data sought in the format requested.
Individual scheme information has been published in advertisements on local authority websites. Schemes being advertised are now also available in a single location on the Affordable Homes website, www.affordablehomes.ie.
The Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) is made available for the provision of affordable homes by local authorities. Subventions ranging from €50,000 to €150,000 are available to support local authorities to bring forward suitable schemes whereby homes can be offered for purchase or rent to eligible applicants at an affordable price. The Exchequer contribution represents 95% of the subvention with the remaining 5% being contributed by the Local Authority.Housing delivery being supported by funding approved originally under the earlier Serviced Sites Fund is also progressing with funding comprised of 89% Exchequer contribution matched by an 11% Local Authority contribution.
To date, funding approval has been given for the delivery of 4,317 local authority affordable homes (affordable purchase and cost rental) across 21 local authorities with the support of almost €373m funding from the Affordable Housing Fund/Serviced Sites Fund.
However, funding is often only drawn down on completion or conveyance of the homes made available. 10 Local Authorities have drawn down AHF/SSF exchequer funding to date as set out in the following table:
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Cork City Council |
€9,733,639 |
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Cork County Council |
€5,486,250 |
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Dublin City Council |
€3,295,283 |
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
€4,038,404 |
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Fingal County Council |
€2,487,360 |
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Meath County Council |
€570,000 |
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South Dublin County Council |
€855,000 |
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Waterford City and County Council |
€3,847,500 |
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Westmeath County Council |
€641,250 |
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Wicklow County Council |
€1,710,000 |
