Written answers
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated to housing allocations for counties Longford and Westmeath, for each of the years 2008 to 2015 to date. [35658/15]
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Under my Department's Capital and Current expenditure, funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of social housing initiatives. Details of expenditure under these initiatives for Westmeath and Longford County Councils for the years referred to, up to the end of the third quarter of 2015, are as follows.
Westmeath County Council
- | 2008 € | 2009 € | 2010 € | 2011 € |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local Authority Housing Construction and Acquisition | 15,827,034 | 14,123,900 | 6,022,684 | 2,249,432 |
Capital Assistance Scheme | 1,688,610 | 274,550 | 3,531,718 | 213,733 |
Remedial Works Scheme | 26,452 | 17,811 | 188,051 | 273,517 |
Adaptations and Extensions to Social Housing | 120,000 | 313,095 | 132,151 | 152,809 |
Returning Vacant Social Housing to Productive Use | Nil | Nil | Nil | 122,121 |
Energy Efficiency Insulation Measure | Nil | 53,104 | 514,491 | 263,195 |
Central Heating | 19,784 | 810,574 | Nil | Nil |
Compliance with New Rented Standards | Nil | Nil | 119,895 | 373,537 |
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People with a Disability | 1,166,409 | 1,544,791 | 1,609,193 | 1,057,843 |
Rental Accommodation Scheme | 880,070 | 1,477,868 | 1,772,940 | 2,061,900 |
Westmeath County Council
- | 2012 € | 2013 € | 2014 € | 2015 € |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local Authority Housing Construction and Acquisition | 2,916,450 | 531,658 | 2,088,810 | 20,478 |
Capital Assistance Scheme | 590,314 | 118,647 | 16,431 | Nil |
Remedial Works Scheme | 454,800 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Adaptations and Extensions to Social Housing | 102,113 | 237,131 | 87,059 | 49,094 |
Returning Vacant Social Housing to Productive Use | Nil | Nil | 369,518 | 238,557 |
Energy Efficiency Insulation Measure | 209,468 | 1,079,494 | 859,733 | Nil |
Central Heating | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Compliance with New Rented Standards | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People with a Disability | 752,022 | 561,798 | 794,766 | 187,987 |
Rental Accommodation Scheme | 1,793,833 | 1,905,250 | 1,996,489 | 1,710,339 |
Longford County Council
- | 2008 € | 2009 € | 2010 € | 2011 € |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local Authority Housing Construction and Acquisition | 16,495,900 | 12,852,409 | 3,820,875 | 758,309 |
Capital Assistance Scheme | 2,361,772 | 800,690 | 4,054,104 | 802,912 |
Remedial Works Scheme | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Adaptations and Extensions to Social Housing | 154,462 | Nil | 140,450 | 155,213 |
Returning Vacant Social Housing to Productive Use | Nil | 378,298 | 178,994 | 84,050 |
Energy Efficiency Insulation Measure | Nil | Nil | 294,111 | 304,810 |
Central Heating | 750,000 | 579,600 | Nil | Nil |
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People with a Disability | 811,005 | 930,069 | 1,108,804 | 929,556 |
Rental Accommodation Scheme | 993,580 | 1,506,487 | 1,726,280 | 1,759,035 |
Longford County Council
- | 2012 € | 2013 € | 2014 € | 2015 € |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local Authority Housing Construction and Acquisition | 1,227,029 | 576,033 | 288,768 | Nil |
Capital Assistance Scheme | 1,123,017 | 212,308 | 118,349 | Nil |
Remedial Works Scheme | 220,900 | 1,161,776 | 45,711 | Nil |
Adaptations and Extensions to Social Housing | 113,001 | 73,827 | 135,429 | Nil |
Returning Vacant Social Housing to Productive Use | Nil | Nil | 313,250 | Nil |
Energy Efficiency Insulation Measure | 206,884 | 1,147,820 | 370,286 | 91,473 |
Central Heating | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People with a Disability | 756,742 | 705,488 | 547,570 | 201,729 |
Rental Accommodation Scheme | 1,441,226 | 1,157,357 | 887,897 | 599,029 |
Funding allocations to local authorities and approved housing bodies for new build and acquisition of social housing units in 2015 are based on the proposals they are implementing in line with the targets out to 2017 that I announced earlier this year. To date in 2015, some €493 million has been allocated to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies for the construction and acquisition of over 2,900 social housing units. Full details of these projects, including those relating to Longford and Westmeath County Councils, can be found on my Department’s website at the following links:
The following link contains information on the allocations to both local authorities for 2015 under a range of social housing programmes dealing with the returning of vacant social housing to productive use, energy efficiency insulation and adaptations and extensions to social housing.
Under the Social Housing Curre nt Expenditure Programme (SHCEP - previously referred to as the leasing initiative), there are no individual local authority allocations. SHCEP payments comprise ongoing annual payments and capital advances (loans) to local authorities for approved housing bodies. Current payments commenced in 2009 while capital advances commenced in 2011. Details are set out in the table below.
Availability Payments
Year | Longford Co Co | Westmeath Co Co |
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2009 | Nil | 50,697 |
2010 | 9,768 | 170,799 |
2011 | 70,105 | 446,325 |
2012 | 116,234 | 781,022 |
2013 | 76,159 | 1,062,290 |
2014 | 72,135 | 1,323,564 |
2015 | 84,424 | 1,115,581 |
Capital Advance Leasing Facility Payments
Year | LongfordCo Co | WestmeathCo Co |
---|---|---|
2009 | N/A | N/A |
2010 | N/A | N/A |
2011 | Nil | Nil |
2012 | Nil | Nil |
2013 | Nil | 33,204.00 |
2014 | Nil | Nil |
2015 | Nil | Nil |
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to recent proceedings at the Committee of Public Accounts, at which it was stated that 4,000 housing units which were offered in recent years to local authorities were subsequently refused by those authorities, if he will confirm the number of those houses in each of the four Dublin local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35230/15]
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Following proactive engagement between NAMA, the Housing Agency and my Department, a process has been established since late 2011 to ascertain whether residential properties made available by NAMA, through its borrowers and receivers, are suitable for social housing. Properties that are deemed suitable may be leased or purchased by local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) through engagement with the property owners or, on their behalf, appointed insolvency practitioners, facilitated by NAMA.
To the end of September 2015, NAMA had identified 6,574 residential properties controlled by its debtors and receivers under this initiative as being potentially available for social housing. Of this figure, 2,526 properties have a confirmed demand and are available for social housing. In respect of the 4 Dublin local authorities in particular, since the engagement with NAMA began, 2,005 residential properties have been identified by NAMA as being potentially available for social housing, and of these demand has been confirmed by the local authorities concerned in respect of 763 of these properties.
The remaining 4,048 of the total of 6,574 units identified nationally are no longer available for social housing purposes for a variety of reasons. In respect of 2,469 of the properties identified by NAMA, local authorities considered them unsuitable for social housing because of sustainable planning and housing policy issues associated the units or they were located in areas with no social housing demand. A further 1,579 units originally identified as available for social housing were subsequently discovered by NAMA to be unavailable.
Of the 2,526 that are available and for which local authorities have confirmed demand, 1,600 have been delivered for social housing use at the end of Q3 2015. This figure includes1,241 units that are complete and a further 359 units where contracts have been signed and final completion works are under way. A further 486 properties are considered as being active transactions whereby terms are agreed or active negotiation is ongoing by all parties concerned or where a detailed appraisal is being carried out. An additional 440 properties are to be further appraised. Of the 1,600 units have been delivered through the NAMA process, 649 (41%) of these are situated within the 4 Dublin local authority areas.
The process of reviewing units previously deemed unsuitable by local authorities is ongoing. Local Authorities, particularly those in high demand areas, are continually reviewing the list of available NAMA properties to see if they are suitable to be brought into use as social housing.
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