Written answers

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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1362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units that are targeted long-term lease arrangements of the 47,000 targeted in total under the action plan for housing and homelessness; and the number of these that have been delivered to date in each year. [47128/17]

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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1363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units that are targeted under long-term lease arrangements of the 47,000 targeted in total under the action plan for housing and homelessness that are planned to come from additional supply, that is, supply built by private parties for that purpose rather than coming from existing supply or new private housing output. [47129/17]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1362 and 1363 together.

Of the 50,000 social housing units to be delivered under the  Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, almost 33,500 will be constructed, while 6,500 will be purchased by local authorities and approved housing bodies, directly from the market or through the Housing Agency, with a portion of these being newly built units. A further 10,000 units will be leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies under leasing arrangements from a range of different sources. 3,500 of these 10,000 new social housing homes are targeted to be achieved using the Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) which harnesses the potential of existing vacant stock and brings it back into use for social housing. The remaining 6,500 properties will be secured under long-term lease arrangements from a variety of sources which will include existing housing stock and newly built units.  The exact blend of delivery under leasing in any given year will depend on the availability of existing stock and new units in any particular county.  

The output under leasing in 2016, and to end Q3, in 2017 is set out in the following table.

YearTotal number of additional leased units
2016792
2017 to end Q3671

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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1364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 11,000 social housing units that are planned to be acquired from the market; if this includes units acquired under Part V; and if so, the percentage of the targets planned which will come from this source. [47130/17]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The initial target under Rebuilding Ireland was to deliver 47,000 homes, with 11,000 of these to be delivered through acquisition. However, following the first phase of my review of Rebuilding Ireland and with the provision made under Budget 2018 for social housing delivery, there is now a greater emphasis on direct build activity by local authorities and approved housing bodies.

Within the revised overall target of 50,000 homes now to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, almost 33,500 will be delivered through build activity and some 6,500 delivered through acquisitions, with the remaining 10,000 delivered through long-term leasing initiatives.

The following table shows the elements of the overall build activity, including homes that will be built directly by local authorities and approved housing bodies, as well as properties constructed for social housing through Part V and refurbished properties/Voids, as well as acquisitions, over the period 2016 to 2021.

DeliveryBuildAcquisition
Local Authority 16,3281,480 
Approved Housing Bodies8,9605,050
Refurbished properties/Voids3,459-
Properties constructed for social housing through Part V4,690-
Total33,4376,530

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