Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing First tenancies that have been created in 2021 to date; and the target for the remainder of the year. [39530/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Housing First enables homeless individuals with high levels of complex needs to obtain permanent secure accommodation with the provision of intensive housing and health supports to help them maintain their tenancies.

At the end of March 2021, a total of 539 individuals were being housed under the Housing First programme including 438 individuals who have been housed since the publication of the National Implementation Plan.  A total of 57 Housing First tenancies were created in the first quarter of 2021.  Details on the number of Housing First tenancies are published every three months as part of my Department's Homeless Quarterly Progress Report, with the next report due for publication on 30 July 2021.