Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 November 2021
400. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing acquisitions agreed for each local authority for each year from 2021 to 2025 as part of their overall social housing targets in tabular form. [53154/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe recently published Housing for All strategy is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. The annual targets include the delivery 88,400 new social homes and 53,800 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.
Individual targets for the delivery of social housing in the period 2022-2026 were issued to each local authority in September 2021, with the main focus on the delivery of new build homes. There will be a limited number of social homes delivered through targetted acquisitons during the period 2021-2025. There are no targets for acquisitions at a local authority level. Details of the number of acquisitions in each local authority will be published as part of my Department's quarterly reporting on social housing delivery.
