Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required 33,000 homes on average per year over the next decade. Some 54,000 affordable homes will be delivered between now and 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, approved housing bodies, AHBs and the Land Development Agency and through the first-home scheme, which is a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. In the first 18 months of the new programme, over 3,000 affordable homes have been delivered through our new cost-rental schemes, the first-home scheme and the local authority affordable purchase scheme. This momentum will continue as the pipeline of affordable housing delivery is developed and expanded by our delivery partners, including local authorities, AHBs, the LDA, and the first-home scheme.

Data for affordable housing delivery are published on a quarterly basis, similar to social housing delivery. These data are published up to quarter 2 of 2023 and are available on the Department's website. Local authorities are in the process of systematically collating information on delivery of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes in their administrative areas, including returns for AHBs and the LDA for quarter 3 of 2023. This data are currently being verified and I expect the Department will be in a position to report to confirm quarter 3 2023 social, affordable purchase and cost-rental housing delivery shortly.

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