The number of social houses completed from 1998 to 2004 is set out in the table below.
Year
|
Local Authority construction programme
|
Voluntary Housing Schemes
|
Total
|
1998
|
2,771
|
485
|
3,256
|
1999
|
2,909
|
579
|
3,488
|
2000
|
2,204
|
951
|
3,155
|
2001
|
3,622
|
1,253
|
4,875
|
2002
|
4,403
|
1,360
|
5,763
|
2003
|
4,516
|
1,617
|
6,133
|
2004
|
3,539
|
1,607
|
5,146
|
Details of completions for the first quarter of 2005 are being finalised and will be published shortly in my Department's housing statistics bulletin, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library and on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.
The average cost of a housing unit provided in 2004 under the local authority housing construction programme is estimated at €147,000. The average cost for 2005 is estimated at approximately €154,000. The average cost of a unit provided under the voluntary housing programme was €155,000 in 2004 and is estimated at €163,000 in 2005.