In 2017, 25,901 households had their housing need met, with some 7,095 of these properties delivered through the build/acquisition and long-term leasing mechanisms.
A total of 1,014 new build homes were delivered directly by local authorities. In addition, 761 new build homes were delivered by Approved Housing Bodies and a further 522 new build Part V homes were provided by local authorities and approved housing bodies, bringing to 2,297, the total of new build homes provided in 2017. Across the Acquisitions programme, 2,214 homes were delivered in 2017, with 1,454 delivered by local authorities and 760 by Approved Housing Bodies. A breakdown by local authority of all social housing output in 2017 is available on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/attachments/social_housing_output_overview_2017.xlsx.
The significant expansion of the social housing build programme is evident in the Quarter 1 2018 Social Housing Construction Status Report. The programme includes 930 schemes (or phases) at the end of last year, delivering almost 15,000 homes, a very substantial increase on the 10,072 homes in the programme a year earlier. The full report can be accessed at: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-social-housing-construction-status-report-q1-2018/.
In 2018, I expect to see nearly 26,000 households having their housing need met. I have advised all local authorities of their minimum social housing targets across build, acquisition and lease both for 2018 and also for the multi-annual period to 2021, details of which can be accessed on my Department's website at: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-social-housing-delivery-targets-for-local-authorities-2018-2021/.
In respect of build targets for 2018, a strong pipeline is already in place for local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies to deliver on these targets. The 2018 build target is for the delivery of 4,969 additional social housing homes, including 3,819 local authority and Approved Housing Body build units. Since the end of the first quarter of 2018, projects have progressed further through the approval process and additional projects will also have been added to the pipeline.
Finally, data relating to overall social housing delivery across 2017 and Quarter 1 2018 Social Housing Delivery, across all local authorities, is published on my Department's website: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision.
