Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Ms ?ine Stapleton:
The Senator is quite right that there was an exceptional measure agreed by the Government, a targeted leasing initiative, which is linked to the ending of the eviction ban and a focus on providing very quickly the types of units that would be suitable for people exiting homelessness. We hope to have in the order of 1,000 units over 2023 and 2024 under that initiative, but that is currently the extent of the additionality in respect of long-term leasing, other than those targets which are in Housing for All, that is, 1,200 this year.