I propose to take Questions Nos. 351 to 353, inclusive, together.
Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing out to 2030 comprising of 54,000 affordable homes to be delivered by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through the First Home Scheme, which is a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. The Plan set ambitious targets for affordable housing and huge efforts have been made across our delivery partners to meet those targets from a standing start.
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.
A strong pipeline of affordable housing solutions is now in place across all delivery streams and is under continuous development. Individual scheme information is published in advertisements on local authority, AHB and the LDA websites at the appropriate time when opportunities can be offered to prospective affordable housing applicants. Schemes being advertised are now also available in a single location on the Affordable Homes website, www.affordablehomes.ie.
Data for affordable housing delivery, is published on a quarterly basis, similar to social housing delivery. This data is published up to Quarter 4 2023, including AHB, local authority and LDA cost rental delivery, by local authority area's, and is available on my Department's website: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery
This data provides information on the delivery of affordable housing delivery by local authority area up to the end of 2023.
My Department continues to liaise with local authorities, AHBs, the LDA and other delivery partners in relation to the on-going development of an affordable housing delivery programme which responds effectively to all affordable housing requirements identified at a local level.
