Written answers
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Provision
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that are leased by local authority area and type, that is, Part V, enhanced leasing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47048/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on social housing units leased by Local Authorities on a quarterly basis. Details on the number of social housing units leased by local authorities from 2015 to Q2 2021 are published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision
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 private owners and Approved Housing Bodies.
From 2017 to the end of Q2 2021, 5,309 dwellings (excluding Part V leasing) have been secured under SHCEP. 181 dwellings have been secured via Part V leasing within the same period. Details of housing units leased by Local Authority, broken down by lease type are detailed in Table 1.
Table 1: Part V and Enhanced Leasing Delivery – 2017 to End Q2 21
LA | AHB MTR | NARPS Lease | AHB Private Lease | Enhanced Leasing | LA Leasing | Private MTR | RLS | Part V |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlow | 20 | 40 | 36 | 10 | 4 | |||
Cavan | 10 | 22 | 9 | 5 | ||||
Clare | 5 | 23 | 27 | 155 | 9 | 10 | ||
Cork City | 16 | 114 | 57 | 65 | 5 | 2 | ||
Cork Co. | 38 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 17 | 5 | ||
DLR | 5 | 8 | 1 | 78 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 133 |
Donegal | 2 | 58 | 37 | 8 | ||||
Dublin City | 68 | 6 | 81 | 498 | 5 | 2 | 22 | |
Fingal | 50 | 48 | 2 | 274 | 15 | 27 | ||
Galway City | 5 | 14 | 1 | |||||
Galway Co. | 14 | 19 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | ||
Kerry | 12 | 94 | 173 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||
Kildare | 64 | 56 | 99 | 23 | 1 | |||
Kilkenny | 16 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | |||
Laois | 26 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 1 | ||
Leitrim | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||||
Limerick | 23 | 53 | 109 | 16 | 27 | |||
Longford | 7 | 10 | 62 | 2 | 6 | |||
Louth | 31 | 12 | 14 | 76 | 17 | 3 | ||
Mayo | 10 | 207 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Meath | 54 | 66 | 14 | 23 | 1 | |||
Monaghan | 10 | 38 | 3 | 6 | ||||
Offaly | 37 | 17 | 44 | 11 | ||||
Roscommon | 5 | 46 | 5 | 3 | ||||
Sligo | 4 | 14 | 4 | 9 | ||||
South Dublin | 55 | 5 | 234 | 10 | 21 | |||
Tipperary | 32 | 8 | 107 | 23 | 1 | 1 | ||
Waterford | 38 | 13 | 1 | 137 | 27 | 118 | ||
Westmeath | 18 | 9 | 161 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||
Wexford | 30 | 24 | 83 | 21 | 27 | |||
Wicklow | 36 | 34 | 20 | |||||
Total | 743 | 342 | 640 | 127 | 2,834 | 356 | 267 | 181 |
All data is based on local authority claims for operational agreements recorded on my Department's SHCEP financial management system. Any variations in data between operational figures and total output under leasing delivery streams is due to the time lag in the submission of claims to my Department in respect of new claims after delivery.
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the real estate investment funds, institutional investors or corporate entities that local authorities and approved housing bodies are leasing social housing from; the number in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47049/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Social Housing Leasing Programme supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the long term leasing of houses and apartments.
Applications under the leasing programme are made to the relevant local authority who assess each application. Where the application is for more than 4 properties, the local authority must apply to my Department for approval before entering into any agreement.
Local authorities lease dwellings taking account of local need, the suitability of dwellings, sustainable communities’ considerations and value for money. These properties are allocated to households on the social housing waiting list. As such, the type and size of dwelling leased, the entities from whom the houses are leased and the allocation of those dwellings, is a matter for the relevant local authority having regard to its most recent housing needs assessment.
Details of the owner involved in each social housing leasing project are not held by my Department.
Data on social housing leasing delivery, funded by my Department, in respect of all local authorities to end Q2 2021 is published on my Department’s website at the following link:
www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision
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