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Thursday, 10 October 2019

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Housing Agency Data

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the €70 million rolling Housing Agency fund by county; the number of units delivered per annum since its inception to date by county; the average cost for each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41554/19]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme.  A revolving  Acquisitions Fund of €70m has been established with the objective of acquiring some 1,600 homes over the period to 2021, for onward  sale to Approved Housing Bodies for use for social housing purposes.

The following table sets out the number of homes acquired and under Caretaker Lease and the average costs per county per annum from 2017 to end Q2 2019.

Local AuthorityNumber of HomesAverage Purchase PriceTotal to Date
Carlow
2018 1 €135,000
2019 5 €161,120
Total 6 €156,767 €940,600
Cavan
2018 4 €106,813
2019 1 €125,000
Total 5 €110,450 €552,250
Clare
2018 4 €112,500
2019 1 €170,000
Total 5 €124,000 €620,000
Cork CITY
2018 7 €185,971
Total 7 €185,971 €1,301,800
Cork COUNTY
2018 32 €175,816
2019 33 €158,503
Total 65 €167,026 €10,856,700
Donegal
2017 1 €85,000
2018 7 €82,000
2019 1 €135,000
Total 9 €88,222 €794,000
Dublin City
2017 5 €252,600
2018 97 €257,259
2019 12 €291,334
Total 114 €260,642 €29,713,144
Dun Laoghaire
2018 8 €272,938
2019 5 €272,800
Total 13 €272,885 €3,547,500
Fingal
2017 1 €165,000
2018 79 €199,849
2019 6 €255,876
Total 86 €203,352 €17,488,305
Galway CITY
2017 1 €131,000
2018 4 €242,500
2019 1 €213,582
Total 6 €219,097 €1,314,582
Galway COUNTY
2017 1 €120,000
2018 17 €162,794
2019 3 €135,667
Total 21 €156,881 €3,294,500
Kerry
2017 9 €190,000
2018 4 €105,750
2019 2 €167,500
Total 15 €164533 €2,468,000
Kildare
2017 7 €272,500
2018 36 €204,729
2019 9 €176,289
Total 52 €208,930 €10,864,350
Kilkenny
2018 5 €120,700
2019 2 €127,867
Total 7 €122,748 €859,233
Laois
2017 1 €165,000
2018 19 €149,579
Total 20 €150,350 €3,007,000
Leitrim
2018 3 €86,667
2019 1 €94,500
Total 4 €88,625 €354,500
Limerick
2018 9 €144,000
2019 2 €217,500
Total 11 €157,364 €1,731,000
Longford
2018 3 €119,000
2019 2 €116,000
Total 5 €117,800 €589,000
Louth
2018 7 €159,429
2019 3 €170,000
Total 10 €162,600 €1,626,000
Mayo
2018 2 €125,000
2019 1 €91,963
Total 3 €113,988 €341,963
Meath
2017 3 €168,333
2018 14 €179,071
2019 9 €202,003
Total 26 €185,770 €4,830,030
Monaghan
2018 3 €133,333
Total 3 €133,333 €400,000
Offaly
2018 8 €127,500
2019 3 €130,667
Total 11 €128,364 €1,412,000
Roscommon
2018 1 €115,000
Total 1 €115,000 €115,000
Sligo
2018 1 €110,000
Total 1 €110,000 €110,000
South Dublin
2017 5 €190,000
2018 36 €202,083
2019 12 €225,800
Total 53 €206,313 €10,934,600
Tipperary
2018 29 €107,082
2019 8 €105,000
Total 37 €106,632 €3,945,375
Waterford
2018 14 €126,714
2019 1 €76,684
Total 15 €123,379 €1,850,684
Westmeath
2017 1 €95,000
2018 7 €150,436
2019 2 €144,000
Total 10 €143,605 €1,436,050
Wexford
2017 1 €60,000
2018 11 €116,909
2019 1 €126,000
Total 13 €113,231 €1,472,000
Wicklow
2018 9 €267,019
2019 2 €241,600
Total 11 €262,397 €2,886,370
Grand Total 645 €188,615 €121,656,536 

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