Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed)

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have 1,000 units identified between this year and next. As the Senator knows, we still have leasing targets with Housing for All. We want to build more that we own. The 1,000 units we got approval for are targeted at our homeless cohort and preventing people from becoming homeless in ones and twos. About 500 to 600 of those have been delivered and the remainder will be delivered next year. On further expansion, earlier in the week I was discussing maybe looking for a further call in that regard with the team. However, I do not want it to replace the builds and I am aware the Senator does not either.

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