Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 April 2024
75. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many affordable purchase homes were delivered in 2023 via the local authority affordable purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15664/24]
View answerData for affordable housing delivery is published on a quarterly basis by my Department at the following weblink: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery.
Data relevant to the final quarter of 2023, and setting out activity by local authority and by delivery stream for all of 2023, has been published in recent weeks and shows that 499 affordable homes were delivered via the Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme during 2023.
Overall, affordable housing delivery has more than doubled since 2022 with over 4,000 affordable housing supports having been delivered during 2023 via Approved Housing Bodies, Local Authorities, the Land Development Agency (LDA), the Cost Rental Tenant-in-Situ (CRTiS) scheme, the First Home Scheme, and through the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant.
Affordable housing schemes are now operating at scale and this momentum will continue as the pipeline of affordable housing delivery is further developed and expanded in line with the Government’s Housing For All plan to deliver 54,000 affordable homes by 2030.
