Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017
1362. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units that are targeted long-term lease arrangements of the 47,000 targeted in total under the action plan for housing and homelessness; and the number of these that have been delivered to date in each year. [47128/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra1363. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units that are targeted under long-term lease arrangements of the 47,000 targeted in total under the action plan for housing and homelessness that are planned to come from additional supply, that is, supply built by private parties for that purpose rather than coming from existing supply or new private housing output. [47129/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1362 and 1363 together.
Of the 50,000 social housing units to be delivered under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, almost 33,500 will be constructed, while 6,500 will be purchased by local authorities and approved housing bodies, directly from the market or through the Housing Agency, with a portion of these being newly built units. A further 10,000 units will be leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies under leasing arrangements from a range of different sources. 3,500 of these 10,000 new social housing homes are targeted to be achieved using the Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) which harnesses the potential of existing vacant stock and brings it back into use for social housing. The remaining 6,500 properties will be secured under long-term lease arrangements from a variety of sources which will include existing housing stock and newly built units. The exact blend of delivery under leasing in any given year will depend on the availability of existing stock and new units in any particular county.
The output under leasing in 2016, and to end Q3, in 2017 is set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Total number of additional leased units |
|
2016 |
792 |
|
2017 to end Q3 |
671 |
