Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Housing for All sets out a range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required average of 33,000 homes, per year over the next decade. Some 54,000 affordable homes will be delivered between now and 2030, facilitated by local authorities, approved housing bodies, 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, more than 3,000 affordable homes have been delivered, supported by the affordable housing fund, the cost rental equity loan, Project Tosaigh and the first home 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. In the past month alone the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, approved funding of €448 million for more than 1,900 affordable homes in eight local authority areas. Data for affordable housing delivery is published quarterly, similar to social housing delivery. This data is published up to the second quarter of 2023, and is available on the Department website. Local authorities are in the process of systematically collating information on the delivery of affordable purchase and cost rental homes in their administrative areas, including returns for AHBs and the LDA, for the third quarter of 2023. This data is currently being verified and I expect my Department will be in a position to report confirmed quarter 3 social, affordable purchase and cost rental housing delivery shortly.

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