Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2024
290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all in cost to the Exchequer for social housing acquisitions purchased in 2023 via the social housing investment programme. [20750/24]
View answer291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all in cost to the Exchequer fand the average full development cost for social housing acquisitions purchased in 2023 via the capital advance leasing facility. [20751/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 290 and 291 together.
Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs).
Social Housing is delivered through a range of local authority and Approved Housing Body (AHB) delivery programmes across the build acquisition and lease delivery streams.
For 2023, the Government agreed that there would be increased provision for social housing acquisitions and my Department provided funding for local authorities to acquire at least 1,500 social homes. The additional acquisitions have primarily focused on properties where a tenant is in receipt of social housing supports and has received a Notice of Termination due to the landlord’s intention to sell the property. My Department issued a circular letter in March 2023, setting out details of these arrangements and each local authority was provided with a provisional allocation for social housing acquisitions in 2023.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority, including completed acquisitions. From 2023, this data includes a breakdown of acquisitions completed by each local authority where a Notice of Termination issued to a tenant and is available, for all local authorities, to the end of Quarter 4 2023 on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.
The average cost to my Department for social housing acquisitions delivered under SHIP in 2023 was €254,491 and the average cost of acquisitions delivered under CALF was €67,433.39.
NOTE: The information above is calculated using the financial information available to the Department, however data is subject to revision as claims are received from local authorities and final accounts are finalised for the SHIP Acquisitions.
The Average CALF Amount represents the average amount of CALF funding provided. (A maximum of 30%).
