Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
1202. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social houses recorded under the heading of new build in the 2019 social housing update that are leased by local authority area; if they are included under approved housing body or local authority units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8956/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra1204. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the criteria for including a leased unit as a new build in the social housing update; the number of leased social housing units that will end up in the ownership of the State at the expiry of the lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8958/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1202 and 1204 together.
Of the 50,000 social housing homes to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, over 10,000 homes are targeted to be leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) under leasing arrangements from a range of different sources including direct leasing by local authorities and approved housing bodies; rental availability agreements; the Repair and Leasing Scheme; the Mortgage to Rent Scheme; and Enhanced Leasing.
Leasing is funded under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP), which funds the ongoing current costs of homes delivered using a variety of different delivery mechanisms under the Rebuilding Ireland categories of Build, Acquisition and Leasing. These include:
- Build - Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) Build, CALF Part V, Part V Lease;
- Acquisition - CALF Acquisition, Housing Agency Acquisitions (HAA);
- Leasing - Direct and Enhanced Leasing, AHB and Private Mortgage to Rent (MTR), the Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS).
A total of 4,365 homes were delivered under schemes funded by SHCEP in 2019, across Build, Acquisition and Leasing. Of this number, 14 homes were delivered under Part V Lease arrangements. These 14 Part V Lease dwellings are counted under the Build programme outputs as local authority units. A breakdown of the 1,326 dwellings delivered in 2019 under Part V is set out below.
Table 1: Breakdown of Part V Delivery 2019
|
LA Part V |
CAS Part V |
CALF Part V |
Part V Lease |
Total |
|
589 |
4 |
719 |
14 |
1,326 |
The only circumstance where a leased unit is counted under the Build programme outputs is where the unit has been delivered under Part V arrangements; all Part V dwellings are counted under Build. A breakdown of the Part V Lease dwellings delivered in 2019, by local authority, is set out in the following table.
Table 2: Breakdown of Part V Lease Delivery 2019
|
Local Authority |
Number of Part V Leases |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
9 |
|
Dublin City Council |
4 |
|
Westmeath |
1 |
|
Total |
14 |
Properties sourced by local authorities and AHBs under lease arrangements, including Part V leases, are likely to be owned by the property owner at the end of the lease term. Properties acquired by AHBs are likely to remain in the ownership of AHBs. The ownership of leased properties sourced through the National Asset Residential Property Services D.A.C. (NARPS) will remain with NARPS at the expiration of the lease term. Following a direction by the Minister for Finance in 2019, NARPS will be retained in long term State ownership and will transfer to the State at the direction of the Minister for Finance.
Data in relation to dwellings delivered under Leasing from 2017 - 2019, and in relation to all operational dwellings funded under SHCEP, is published on my Department's website at the following link:
https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision
