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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (5 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: ...the priority of affordable housing within the Department and in the context of Galway city and County Galway. The Housing for All strategy sets out a very strong target of 54,000 affordable home interventions between now and 2030. As the Senator quite rightly pointed out, Galway has to take its share of this projection. Delivery of affordable housing, in accordance with the scheme set...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: ...supply and put affordability at the heart of the housing system. The strategy introduces two new affordable purchase schemes (the Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme and the First Home shared equity scheme), as well as an improved Local Authority Home Loan scheme, which are primarily targeted to support First-time Buyers. The Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: ...Nos. 299 and 321 together. My Department has provided funding of €50,000 per annum to each of the 31 local authorities since July 2018. The funding is provided to support the work of the Vacant Homes Office in each local authority each year. All 31 local authorities have claimed the funding up to June 2021. The total amount paid to all 31 local authorities to fund Vacant Homes...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Peter Burke: ...ideas we have from the various political parties and Independents. It could not send one Deputy into this House to listen to the debate. Housing for All has huge ambition: 300,000 houses - 300,000 homes - right up to 2030. The Government of which I have been a part since 2016 increased the number of social homes tenfold right up to 2019. This plan aims to double that output again,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: My Department has provided funding of €50,000 per annum to each of the 31 local authorities since July 2018. The funding is provided to support the work of the Vacant Homes Office in each local authority each year. All 31 local authorities have claimed the funding up to June 2021. My Department will issue a circular in the coming days to invite local authorities to claim the funding up...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: .... That is why this Bill and the Land Development Agency Bill have a significant number of supply-inducing measures. The Land Development Agency will increase the supply of social and affordable homes by up to 100% in the Dublin area, with a minimum of 50% in other areas, but it will be higher than that. The provision of Part V affordable homes will increase from 10% to 20%. Senator...

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: ...clarity on all implications of an amendment could result in legal complications for years to come and deflect important resources away from our primary focus, which is to deliver the provision of homes for citizens and the key goal of preventing homelessness. We do not want to see that. That is why the Government has committed to historic levels of funding for housing and homelessness...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: ...also against, and he is against carbon tax. Yet, the Deputy is advocating what the State should borrow. That is called "fantasy economics". Increasing the supply of public, social and affordable homes is priority for this Government. It is the number one priority for the Government, which the Taoiseach has clearly stated, to deliver the housing and the housing policies to ensure that...

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: .... In specific circumstances, the Department is open to funding the acquisition of standard housing for Traveller families using the Traveller-specific capital provision. Approval for the purchase of these homes must be obtained from the Department's Traveller accommodation support unit prior to any purchase. Certain criteria apply to applications of this type, including clearly...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2021)

Peter Burke: ...dwellings made available by housing authorities under this scheme would have purchase prices available between €160,000 and €300,000. I have mentioned this a number of times in this debate. A home costing €160,000 is within the range of an applicant with an income of €29,000 gross for a single person, or €27,000 gross for a couple with two incomes,...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Peter Burke: ...identified need, as detailed in the housing needs demands assessment process, and the cost and type of provision and funding mechanisms available. However, I can confirm that it is intended that homes with purchase prices ranging from €160,000 to €310,000 will be made available under this scheme. These will be affordable for a range of households on low to moderate incomes,...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Peter Burke: ...;620 million in affordability measures; - the expansion of the Help to Buy scheme to €30,000; - that in July 2021, the Government will deliver the first Cost Rental units in the history of the State; - that affordable homes for purchase will be made available for purchase from this year; - the investment of over €1.2 billion in the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund,...

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Peter Burke: ..., however, would have a significant resource implication for local authorities and the Local Government Management Agency. On Friday last, the latest details on the number of people who are in homelessness were published. The monthly homelessness report for March and the homelessness progress report for the first quarter of 2021 were both published by the Department. The number of...

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: ...the housing crisis in this country. The scheme being proposed is proportionate and time bound. The aim is to try to make a key intervention to ensure we reframe the supply of housing for starter homes. We have seen the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. The ESRI fully backed this as a targeted intervention. We have seen the help-to-buy scheme, which has assisted 22,000 families in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing (26 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: ...include the €200 million local infrastructure housing activation fund and the €310 million serviced sites fund. From this sum, €50 million has been allocated in 2021 to deliver more affordable homes. In addition, eligibility conditions for other key affordability initiatives, such as the national cost rental policy and the new affordable purchase shared equity...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peter Burke: ...2021. From this sum, €468 million has been specifically provided to support housing affordability measures. This includes the Serviced Sites Fund, the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan and the Land Development Agency (LDA). In addition to these programmes, and to deliver on our Programme for Government commitments to provide...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: House Purchase Schemes (7 Oct 2020)

Peter Burke: ...Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which was commenced in June 2018. A total of €310 million has been made available under the serviced sites fund to support the delivery of affordable homes by local authorities for purchase under the scheme. The fund subvents the cost of facilitating infrastructure and a maximum funding amount of €50,000 is available per home....

Rent and Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2020)

Peter Burke: ...threatened eviction, to contact it via its webchat service, although there may be delays with its phone lines during this emergency period. With regard to debt generally, the Insolvency Service of Ireland, ISI, provides a debt resolution service. The ISI was established in 2013 to deal with personal insolvency and is under the remit of the Department of Justice and Equality. The ISI aims...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (19 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial position of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25672/19]