Written answers

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Housing Provision

Photo of Kathleen FunchionKathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for a local authority and or housing association in advance of purchasing a house on the private market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54251/21]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The recently published Housing for All strategy is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. The annual targets include the delivery 88,400 new social homes and 53,800 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.

Individual targets for the delivery of social housing in the period 2022-2026 were issued to each local authority in September 2021, with the main focus on the delivery of new build homes. There will be a limited number of social homes delivered through targeted acquisitions during the period 2021-2025. The relevant criteria for acquisitions during 2022 will be notified to local authorities in the coming weeks.

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