Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022
600. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on a figure of 20% of all developments set aside for affordable and social housing under Housing for All. [43312/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra606. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on providing over 90,000 social homes by 2030, including an average annual new-build component of over 9,500 social housing homes to 2026 under Housing for All, the highest number in the history of the State. [43319/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 600 and 606 together.
Housing for All, is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. 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. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. In September 2021, I issued social housing targets to each local authority for the period 2022-2026.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. This data is available until the end of Quarter 1 2022 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/ .
My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender processes. The most recent publication was for Quarter 1 2022 and showed that at the end of Quarter 1, there were 8,776 social homes onsite with an additional 11,551 homes at various stages of the design and tender processes. The report is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/6912a-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q1-2022/
A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded at the link below: Social Housing Construction Status Report Q1 2022 - Dataset - Dept of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
The Affordable Housing Act 2021 expanded the requirement in Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide 10% of the uplift in value of zoned residential land for social housing, to a mandatory 20% for social, affordable and cost rental housing requirements, of which at least half must be applied to social housing provision. As detailed in Housing for All, current planning permissions will be unaffected, and land purchased between 2015 and 2021 will also continue at the 10% requirement for social housing. Near term supply of affordable housing will not be significantly affected by these changes, however, this will change in 2026 when the 20% will apply to all land regardless of when purchased.
