As of Q4 2020, a total of 2,039 unsold affordable units (USAs) have been identified across 19 local authorities and are available for social housing tenants.
In September 2020, I convened a working group to examine the issues around these units in detail. This working group comprises members of the Local Government Management Agency, Housing Finance Agency, Housing Agency, Approved Housing Bodies through the Irish Council of Social Housing and my Department.
My Department is currently consulting with all local authorities and the Housing Finance Agency to gather all USA financial data. Once completed, the next meeting of the working group will consider the options available for resolving this legacy issue.
Details of the number of USA units by local authority area is set out at Table 1 below. The 2020 annual cost of servicing these units and the total cost to end 2020 is set out at Table 2 below.
Table 1: No. of unsold affordable units to end of 2020
|
Local Authority
|
No. of Units
|
|
CARLOW
|
31
|
|
CORK CITY
|
248
|
|
CORK CO.
|
575
|
|
DONEGAL
|
15
|
|
DUBLIN CITY
|
271
|
|
FINGAL
|
274
|
|
GALWAY CITY
|
57
|
|
KERRY
|
4
|
|
KILDARE
|
67
|
|
LAOIS
|
74
|
|
LOUTH
|
54
|
|
MAYO
|
23
|
|
MEATH
|
51
|
|
OFFALY
|
6
|
|
ROSCOMMON
|
6
|
|
SOUTH DUBLIN CC
|
155
|
|
TIPPERARY
|
23
|
|
WATERFORD
|
53
|
|
WESTMEATH
|
52
|
|
TOTAL
|
2039
|
Table 2 - SHCEP payments by LA 2009-2020.
|
|
Annual Cost of Servicing Unsold Affordable Units
|
Total Cost of servicing Unsold Affordable Units 2009-2020.
|
|
Local Authority
|
Cost in 2020
|
Total
|
|
Athlone Town Council
|
|
€39,474
|
|
Athy Town Council
|
|
€278,926
|
|
Buncrana Town Council
|
|
€7,425
|
|
Carlow County Council
|
€67,427
|
€802,421
|
|
Carlow Town Council
|
|
€214,469
|
|
Castlebar Town Council
|
|
€518,462
|
|
Cork City Council
|
€729,876
|
€3,653,963
|
|
Cork County Council
|
€1,378,941
|
€20,532,885
|
|
Cork County Council (North)
|
|
€58,626
|
|
Cork County Council (South)
|
|
€493,827
|
|
Donegal County Council
|
€23,260
|
€381,691
|
|
Dublin City Council
|
€1,238,496
|
€17,573,122
|
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown CC
|
|
€727,204
|
|
Dundalk Town Council
|
|
€348,580
|
|
Fingal County Council
|
€1,890,129
|
€17,599,441
|
|
Galway City Council
|
€140,192
|
€1,816,742
|
|
Kerry County Council
|
€8,698
|
€108,103
|
|
Kildare County Council
|
€160,524
|
€2,119,385
|
|
Kilkenny County Council
|
|
€116,157
|
|
Laois County Council
|
€142,263
|
€2,431,111
|
|
Louth County Council
|
€127,040
|
€1,667,449
|
|
Mayo County Council
|
€81,307
|
€641,517
|
|
Meath County Council
|
€181,398
|
€2,420,084
|
|
Nenagh Town Council
|
|
€200,107
|
|
Offaly County Council
|
€35,347
|
€659,131
|
|
Roscommon County Council
|
€8,700
|
€124,830
|
|
South Dublin County Council
|
€422,790
|
€6,176,487
|
|
Tipperary County Council
|
€40,626
|
€306,137
|
|
Waterford City & County Council
|
€149,864
|
€1,197,507
|
|
Waterford City Council
|
|
€212,292
|
|
Waterford County Council
|
|
€649,256
|
|
Westmeath County Council
|
€147,593
|
€2,420,008
|
|
Westport Town Council
|
|
€68,209
|
|
Total
|
€6,974,471
|
€86,565,030
|
