Written answers

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Unfinished Housing Developments

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a local authority which receives site resolution funding in respect of an unfinished housing estate is under an obligation to bring the said estate up to taking-in-charge standard and to take the estate in charge following the completion of the agreed site resolution plan; within what time frame subsequent to completion of the site resolution plan should a local authority take the estate in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26596/15]

Photo of Paudie CoffeyPaudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2014 contained a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10m Special Resolution Fund (SRF), to assist further in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments. The SRF is designed to encourage the resolution of the remaining tranche of unfinished developments identified in the National Housing Development Survey 2013 and, particularly, those developments not likely to be resolved in the normal way through solely developer/owner/funder action because of the presence of specific financial barriers. It is envisaged that the SRF should be particularly targeted to address the remaining unfinished developments with residents living in them and, in particular, any developments that local authorities identified, for the purposes of the Local Property Tax waiver, as in a seriously problematic condition.

In December 2013, my Department wrote to local authorities seeking proposals for funding support under the SRF and the deadline for receipt of applications was 28 February 2014. All submissions were evaluated by my Department in accordance with the criteria circulated to the local authorities. On 2 May 2014, allocations from the Special Resolution Fund were announced and 86 developments were approved for funding. The following link contains a list of all developments approved for SRF funding:.

All applications for funding were approved on the confirmation by the local authority that subject to the achievement of relevant standards, the development would be taken in charge or covered by such other permanent maintenance arrangement as is acceptable to the relevant local authority.

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