Written answers
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Social and Affordable Housing Data
Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the total number of social housing units provided each year from 2000 to 2014 broken down by type, local authority, approved housing body, leasing, RAS and including the average cost to the State per unit in the case of leasing and RAS per year for each type of housing for the period covered. [3015/15]
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
My Department publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics, and the total number of units delivered through local authority and voluntary and co-operative provision can be found on my Department’s website at the following link: by clicking “LA Housing output (1999+) by each council” under the Social Housing Supports contents.
A breakdown of the leasing units which are operational and the average cost per unit is in tabular format below:
Year | Overall Cumulative units | Average Cost per unit per Annum(Current expenditure costs) |
---|---|---|
2009 | 437 | €1,464.53 |
2010 | 1,303 | €2,893.32 |
2011 | 2,496 | €5,528.85 |
2012 | 3,701 | €5,622.80 |
2013 | 4,600 | €5,947.83 |
2014 | 5,622 | €6,197.08 |
Overall | 5,622 | €6,197.08 |
With regard to Rental Accommodation Scheme provision, some 51,384 households have been transferred from Rent Supplement since it commenced in late 2005 up to the end of November 2014. A breakdown by local authority is set out in the table below. Of these 30,335 were housed directly under RAS and a further 21,049 were accommodated under other social housing supports.
While details of the rent paid by each authority in respect of individual RAS contracts is not collected by my Department, based on data provided by local authorities, the average monthly rent paid under the scheme in 2013 is set out in the following table, broken down by different types of units.
Year | 1 bed unit | 2 bed unit | 3 bed unit | 4 bed unit |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | €499 | €569 | €651 | €708 |
Transfers to RAS and Social Housing 2005-2014
Local Authorities | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 to Nov | Total 2005 - |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlow Co. Cl. | 0 | 28 | 113 | 133 | 150 | 132 | 128 | 164 | 93 | 38 | 979 |
Cavan Co. Cl. | 0 | 68 | 77 | 68 | 155 | 144 | 162 | 242 | 121 | 119 | 1,156 |
Clare Co. Cl. | 44 | 96 | 94 | 134 | 135 | 102 | 102 | 91 | 109 | 117 | 1,024 |
Cork City Cl. | 50 | 308 | 267 | 362 | 279 | 353 | 359 | 231 | 206 | 195 | 2,610 |
Cork Co. Cl. | 0 | 0 | 518 | 620 | 490 | 438 | 429 | 364 | 324 | 183 | 3,366 |
Donegal Co. Cl. | 141 | 373 | 402 | 222 | 298 | 323 | 277 | 212 | 219 | 131 | 2,598 |
Dublin City Cl. | 224 | 523 | 456 | 618 | 596 | 478 | 251 | 317 | 308 | 282 | 4,053 |
Dublin South Co. Cl. | 7 | 388 | 425 | 393 | 527 | 452 | 365 | 392 | 362 | 439 | 3,750 |
DL/Rathdown Co.Cl. | 0 | 49 | 232 | 229 | 256 | 256 | 154 | 126 | 191 | 117 | 1,610 |
Fingal Co. Cl. | 0 | 122 | 171 | 281 | 347 | 331 | 548 | 408 | 343 | 248 | 2,799 |
Galway City Cl. | 62 | 184 | 227 | 244 | 208 | 135 | 168 | 72 | 47 | 20 | 1,367 |
Galway Co. Cl. | 0 | 112 | 132 | 142 | 157 | 158 | 113 | 144 | 139 | 101 | 1,198 |
Kerry Co. Cl. | 0 | 167 | 272 | 266 | 280 | 231 | 212 | 214 | 239 | 158 | 2,039 |
Kildare Co. Cl. | 0 | 0 | 286 | 346 | 93 | 201 | 202 | 119 | 88 | 96 | 1,431 |
Kilkenny Co. Cl. | 0 | 162 | 279 | 173 | 143 | 110 | 159 | 195 | 174 | 90 | 1,485 |
Laois Co. Cl. | 0 | 61 | 69 | 122 | 53 | 64 | 75 | 66 | 34 | 21 | 565 |
Leitrim Co. Cl. | 0 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 44 | 64 | 75 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 271 |
Limerick City Cl. | 42 | 116 | 118 | 123 | 133 | 174 | 175 | 140 | 117 | 74 | 1,212 |
Limerick Co. Cl. | 0 | 131 | 112 | 122 | 133 | 111 | 149 | 102 | 59 | 0 | 919 |
Longford Co. Cl. | 0 | 51 | 81 | 121 | 106 | 94 | 42 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 544 |
Louth Co. Cl. | 17 | 169 | 158 | 281 | 201 | 197 | 156 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 1,230 |
Mayo Co. Cl. | 0 | 128 | 245 | 244 | 234 | 251 | 224 | 175 | 217 | 164 | 1,882 |
Meath Co. Cl. | 0 | 39 | 43 | 108 | 135 | 164 | 168 | 124 | 101 | 71 | 953 |
Monaghan Co. Cl. | 0 | 76 | 88 | 83 | 72 | 117 | 59 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 571 |
Nth Tipperary Co. Cl. | 0 | 77 | 89 | 100 | 132 | 144 | 173 | 152 | 129 | 31 | 1,027 |
Offaly Co. Cl. | 7 | 53 | 65 | 376 | 127 | 113 | 86 | 92 | 53 | 47 | 1,019 |
Roscommon Co.Cl. | 0 | 57 | 148 | 13 | 145 | 165 | 144 | 134 | 117 | 97 | 1,020 |
Sligo Co. Cl. | 3 | 121 | 63 | 156 | 163 | 117 | 128 | 110 | 42 | 56 | 959 |
Sth Tipperary Co. Cl. | 0 | 129 | 179 | 13 | 200 | 196 | 199 | 196 | 137 | 112 | 1,361 |
Waterford City Cl. | 0 | 226 | 140 | 118 | 181 | 111 | 250 | 142 | 99 | 62 | 1,329 |
Waterford Co. Cl. | 0 | 40 | 46 | 101 | 142 | 155 | 99 | 93 | 69 | 19 | 764 |
Westmeath Co. Cl. | 0 | 72 | 83 | 140 | 162 | 91 | 71 | 90 | 123 | 76 | 908 |
Wexford Co. Cl. | 9 | 198 | 304 | 260 | 191 | 283 | 274 | 275 | 255 | 197 | 2,246 |
Wicklow Co. Cl. | 0 | 88 | 72 | 175 | 134 | 154 | 161 | 187 | 101 | 67 | 1,139 |
Totals - Annual | 606 | 4,436 | 6,054 | 6,915 | 6,802 | 6,609 | 6,337 | 5451 | 4701 | 3,473 | 51,384 |
No comments