Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social housing units which are expected to be started and the number expected to be completed in the local Government sector in 2006, 2007 and 2008; the number of social housing units which are expected to be started and the number expected to be completed in the voluntary and co-operative sector in 2006, 2007 and 2008. [18664/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Housing Policy Framework: Building Sustainable Communities, published by Government last December outlines a substantially increased programme of investment in social and affordable housing measures for the period 2006-2008 involving the mobilization of some 23,000 new units of social housing. It is expected that local authorities will start/acquire in the region of 6,000 units per annum, with the balance to be commenced by the voluntary and co-operative housing sector.

Over the period, it is expected that completions/acquisitions of social housing units by local authorities should rise from 4,735 units (excluding regeneration schemes) in 2005 to some 6,000 units by 2008. Completions by the voluntary and co-operative housing sector are expected to rise from 1,350 units in 2005 to about 1,700 units by 2008.

Further households will be assisted through the new Rental Accommodation Scheme and some 15,000 units of affordable housing are to be delivered over the same period. In total, we expect some 50,000 households to benefit from various social and affordable housing measures over the coming three years.

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the 6,000 social housing units planned in the local authority sector for 2006 which have been started to date. [18665/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Information relating to the number of local authority housing units started and completed for the three month period January to March 2006 will be published in due course in the Department's Quarterly Housing Statistics Bulletin and on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.