Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units that have been leased for social housing since 1 September 2020 to date; the locations of same, in tabular form; the developer in each case; the number of units in each development; the length of time each lease has been agreed for; the cost of each; the number agreed in principle and not as yet finalised, respectively; the locations of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6352/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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To end September 2020, 722 homes were delivered under the Social Housing Leasing Programme in 2020. A breakdown of the delivery by location can be found on my Department's website at the following link: .

Leasing delivery data for Q4 2020 is being collated at present and will be published as soon as that process is finalised. Details of the developer involved in each social housing leasing project are not held by my Department. That level of granular detail would be kept at local level.

The total expenditure for leasing up to end 2020, together with the average cost and agreement length of a new unit in 2020, is set out in Table 1 below. There are some further claims due into my Department in respect of 2020 delivery.

Table 1: Leasing Expenditure 2020

To date, my Department has approved local authority applications for the delivery of a further 2,864 homes under the leasing delivery stream up to end 2022. This figure includes homes that were approved, and due for delivery in Q4 2020, but have not yet been confirmed as delivered as part of the Department's quarterly statistical process. Additional homes may be delivered through the delegated sanction allowed to each local authority. A breakdown by Local Authority can be found in Table 2 below.

Table 2: Approved for Delivery under Leasing from Q4 2020 to End 2022