Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable, affordable mortgage, cost rental and council houses including Approved Housing Bodies, that will be delivered in County Louth in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39221/22]

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 delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. 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.

Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes; 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2026. In September 2021, I issued social housing targets to each local authority, for the period 2022-2026 and in March I issued local authority targets for affordable purchase and cost-rental. Louth County Council has a target to deliver 1,323 new build social homes in the period 2022-2026 including a target to deliver 660 new build social homes in 2022.

Specific to Affordable Housing Fund- supported homes, Louth County Council have a target to deliver 226 affordable purchase and cost-rental homes in the period 2022-2026. The First Home affordable purchase shared equity scheme is also available to purchasers in Louth.The Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) is available to Approved Housing Bodies and the scheme will deliver 34 Cost Rental homes in Louth in 2023. The Help to Buy Scheme, Local Authority Home Loan and the expanded Part V requirements are also available to increase the supply of new housing and make home ownership more affordable across Louth.

It is a matter for each local authority to determine the location of social and affordable housing projects, having regard to the identified need. A key action of Housing for All is that local authorities develop and submit Housing Delivery Action Plans to include details of social and affordable housing delivery. The Plans set out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022 - 2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. All local authorities submitted their Housing Delivery Action Plans to me in December and my Department worked closely with the local authorities to review and finalise the Plans, having regard to the targets and policy objectives set out in Housing for All. The Plans are being published on local authority websites.