Written answers
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Authority Housing Issues
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of landlords in each council area that had availed of tax breaks under the buy to let scheme who are currently leasing to each of the local authorities; the number of those that are facing repossession of properties from their lenders; the steps being put in place to address the potential problem for local authorities if they cannot source replacement properties to house applicants on their housing waiting lists who are in these properties under various local authorities housing schemes. [19749/13]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department does not keep information on schemes under the aegis of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners or have access to information on landlords ’ financial positions.
There are currently 3,932 units operational in the Social Housing Leasing Initiative. A breakdown of these by housing authority area is provided in the table below. These include unsold affordable housing units along with units sourced by Approved Housing Bodies and Housing Authorities. Should a property owner decide to break their lease contract with a housing authority or approved housing bodies, which can only occur in limited circumstances under the terms of a long term lease, housing authorities will work with both the owners and the tenants in these cases in an effort to source alternative accommodation as quickly as possible.
A number of delivery mechanisms are available to Housing Authorities to meet the housing need of people they deem in need of housing. Delivery of social housing has been significantly facilitated through more flexible funding models such as social leasing, but the Government is also committed to developing other funding mechanisms that will increase the supply of permanent new social housing, including an on-going engagement with NAMA from which 339 housing units have been completed or contracted to date.
Housing Authority | Operational |
---|---|
Athlone Town Council | 67 |
Athy Town Council | 21 |
Birr Town Council | 29 |
Bray Town Council | 17 |
Buncrana Town Council | 38 |
Bundoran Town Council | 1 |
Carlow County Council | 22 |
Carlow Town Council | 14 |
Cashel Town Council | 3 |
Castlebar Town Council | 20 |
Cavan County Council | 8 |
Clare County Council | 46 |
Clonmel Borough Council | 14 |
Cork City Council | 128 |
Cork County Council | 615 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | 146 |
Donegal County Council | 96 |
Drogheda Borough Council | 31 |
Dublin City Council | 489 |
Dundalk Town Council | 182 |
Ennis Town Council | 25 |
Enniscorthy Town Council | 9 |
Fingal County Council | 296 |
Galway City Council | 158 |
Galway County Council | 19 |
Kerry County Council | 15 |
Kildare County Council | 106 |
Kilkenny County Council | 41 |
Laois County Council | 144 |
Leitrim County Council | 1 |
Letterkenny Town Council | 47 |
Limerick City Council | 10 |
Limerick County Council | 18 |
Longford County Council | 19 |
Louth County Council | 24 |
Mayo County Council | 45 |
Meath County Council | 86 |
Monaghan County Council | 1 |
Nenagh Town Council | 31 |
North Tipperary County Council | 29 |
Offaly County Council | 64 |
Roscommon County Council | 10 |
Sligo Borough Council | 12 |
Sligo County Council | 19 |
South Tipperary County Council | 23 |
Sth Dublin County Council | 317 |
Templemore Town Council | 70 |
Thurles Town Council | 18 |
Tipperary Town Council | 2 |
Waterford City Council | 46 |
Waterford County Council | 67 |
Westmeath County Council | 103 |
Westport Town Council | 3 |
Wexford Borough Council | 8 |
Wexford County Council | 55 |
Wicklow County Council | 4 |
Overall | 3,932 |
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