Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the programmes or funding in place for local authorities to acquire homes in order to prevent homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade.  This includes the delivery of 47,600 new build social homes in the period 2022-2026.  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. 

Almost €4bn in funding is available in 2022 to deliver housing programmes. This funding will support social and affordable housing delivery, along with the implementation of a broad range of programmes providing targeted support to meet housing needs. The funding in place will allow local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies to deliver 9,000 new build social homes, in addition to targeted acquisitions for social housing. With the increased focus on new build delivery, there will a reduced reliance on acquisitions to meet social housing needs. However, priority acquisitions will be supported, including acquisitions of properties that support households to exit homelessness.