Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been secured to purchase arising from his call for housing; a breakdown of the number of houses secured by local authority type and number of bedrooms. [28752/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The “Call for Housing 2020” was launched on 21 July 2020 as a short-term intervention to stimulate interest in social housing delivery, through acquisitions and leasing from opportunities arising in the property market. The campaign is being run on behalf of my Department by the Housing Agency, in consultation with the local authorities.

Up to 30 September 2020, the total number of properties that have been submitted to the Housing Agency was 400. Of those 400 properties, 244 are being actively pursued.