Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 May 2025
110. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a new, comprehensive starter home programme across the public, private and approved housing body sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs part of the Programme for Government, the Government committed to launching a new, comprehensive Starter Home programme across the public, private and AHB sector, which promotes home ownership and secures long-term rental tenures for young people and fresh start applicants.
As stated in the Programme for Government, the Starter Home programme will support and deliver an average of 15,000 starter homes per year, including through the First Home Scheme and the Help to Buy support, in addition to other affordable purchase and cost rental schemes.
Government is fully committed to delivering affordable housing at scale, and to continue accelerating housing supply across all tenures. The Government’s ambition is to build on the progress made to date under Housing for All, and deliver over 300,000 homes in the period from 2025 to 2030 equating to an annual average of over 50,000 homes per year, building up to 60,000 in 2030.
Work on translating these revised national housing targets into local, tenure specific targets is ongoing and at an advanced stage. This work is expected to be completed in the coming months and will be published after the work under the revised national planning framework is complete.
These tenure specific targets will both inform the revision of existing affordable housing targets and further inform the development of the Starter Home Programme supports set out in the Programme for Government which will be set out in the new Housing Plan.
