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Local Authority Housing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 May 2020

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Ceisteanna (1331)

Eoin Ó Broin

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1331. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social houses acquired under the repair and leasing scheme in each year since it was introduced; and the average cost of the leases in each year since the scheme has been in operation. [5848/20]

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The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or approved housing bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant dwellings across Ireland. RLS has both capital and current funding streams. The capital element funds the repairs to the property; the current element funds the lease payment to the property owner with the cost of the repairs being recovered from the property owner by offsetting it against the lease payment.

At the end of 2019, a total of 165 dwellings had been delivered through RLS. Total output under the scheme by year, together with the average annual lease cost, is set out in the following table.

Table: RLS Delivery and Average Annual Cost 2017 to 2019

Year 

 Dwellings Delivered

 Average Annual Cost

2017 

9

€7,919 

2018 

80

€6,023

2019 

76

€5,666

Total 

165

€5,970

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