Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is still an issue at local authority level. I suppose it is because of a legacy of number of local authorities not being involved with the provision of social housing for some time. We need to gear up in that regard. Some of this is about access to information and knowledge, as well as access to finance. We have also said to other agencies that communication is really key in terms of what is available. It is about setting that ambition in local authorities.

There are a number of actions in Housing for All that relate specifically to the HFA. I will run through some of them and give Mr. O'Leary the opportunity to indicate where we are on those deadlines. There is an action to revise and expand the local authority home loan scheme. The deadline for that was the fourth quarter of 2021. Ending the long-term leasing of social housing is to be effected by 2025, so will Mr. O'Leary speak to that? There is an action to legislate for increased borrowing, forming a part of the overall annual €4 billion figure, with a deadline of the second quarter of 2022. There is also an action to introduce a new programme for compulsory purchase orders, with a deadline of the fourth quarter of last year. I appreciate that these are four big programmes, but I would appreciate Mr. O'Leary reply to my question.

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