Violet-Anne Wynne
Ceist:676. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he plans to address a need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48574/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 7 November 2023
Ceisteanna (676)
Freagraí scríofa
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. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. 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. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs).
In September 2021, I issued social housing targets to each local authority for the period 2022-2026. Clare County Council's targets are set out in the table below:
|
Build Target |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
|
Clare |
200 |
149 |
153 |
164 |
167 |
A key action of Housing for All required local authorities to develop Housing Delivery Action Plans to include details of social and affordable housing delivery. The Plans set out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. In developing their Plans local authorities were asked to make adequate provision for 1, 2, 3 and 4+ bedroom homes in line with local need. Clare County Council’s Plan has been published on their own website and is available at this link www.clarecoco.ie/services/housing/news/clare-county-council-housing-delivery-action-plan.html
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority. This data is available to the Quarter 2 2023, 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 and their location 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 2 2023. A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis by local authority at the link below: data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q2-2023