Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average monthly payment under the social housing current expenditure programme (leasing) for each quarter of 2019 to date; the average social housing current expenditure programme (leasing) for each county; the number of recipients by county for each quarter of 2019 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48349/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the long term leasing of houses and apartments from a range of different sources including Repair and Leasing, Enhanced Leasing and Long-term leasing. In addition, SHCEP supports the current costs of dwellings delivered by AHBs under my Department's Build and Acquisition Programmes under the Capital Advance Loan Facility (CALF) and Housing Agency Acquisitions (HAA) programme. The SHCEP budget for 2019 is just under €155 million.

Data on the total number of contractual agreements held by local authorities and supported by my Department from SHCEP is published on my Department’s website at the following link: .

Data in relation to the average monthly cost for dwellings delivered under leasing, and the total number of leased dwellings funded under SHCEP, for Q1 and Q2 2019, are set out in the following table. Data for Q3 2019 is being col

lated and will be available shortly.

Table: Average Lease Cost and Total Leased Dwellings Q1 and Q2 2019

*Note - operational units are units that are being claimed for by local authorities and actively funded by SHCEP.