Written answers
Thursday, 1 December 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Provision
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of local authority-leased homes, broken down by local authority between new first tenancies and existing properties, including leases by bodies such as the Dublin region homeless executive, for the period 2017 to Q2 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59939/22]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the leasing of houses and apartments.
The number of local authority leased properties supported under SHCEP from 2017 to the end of Q2 2022, broken down by local authority, can be found in table 1 below. These figures are based on the number of properties claimed from the Department as at the end of each year, which is point in time data and may not align with leasing delivery numbers for that same year.
Table 1: Local Authority Leased Properties Supported by SHCEP 2017 to end Q2 2022*
| Local Authority | End 2017 | End 2018 | End 2019 | End 2020 | End 2021 | End Q2 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 39 | 42 | 46 | 72 | 73 | 100 |
| Cavan | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 20 |
| Clare | 278 | 272 | 282 | 285 | 294 | 252 |
| Cork City | 61 | 59 | 58 | 96 | 132 | 146 |
| Cork County | 32 | 37 | 35 | 39 | 61 | 65 |
| DLR | 22 | 22 | 25 | 104 | 111 | 199 |
| Donegal | 180 | 167 | 169 | 169 | 153 | 160 |
| Dublin City | 129 | 137 | 165 | 265 | 612 | 719 |
| Fingal | 168 | 168 | 209 | 280 | 377 | 438 |
| Galway City | 160 | 114 | 100 | 87 | 89 | 93 |
| Galway County | 42 | 29 | 28 | 61 | 73 | 77 |
| Kerry | 246 | 267 | 287 | 266 | 287 | 289 |
| Kildare | 2 | 19 | 18 | 40 | 216 | 311 |
| Kilkenny | 9 | 25 | 31 | 50 | 62 | 67 |
| Laois | 31 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 41 | 40 |
| Leitrim | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
| Limerick City & County | 36 | 56 | 89 | 113 | 155 | 182 |
| Longford | 92 | 103 | 106 | 110 | 123 | 120 |
| Louth | 268 | 264 | 309 | 309 | 304 | 343 |
| Mayo | 195 | 155 | 178 | 226 | 270 | 305 |
| Meath | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 31 |
| Monaghan | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Offaly | 206 | 207 | 218 | 172 | 173 | 171 |
| Roscommon | 4 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 48 | 47 |
| Sligo | 44 | 41 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 46 |
| South Dublin | 369 | 366 | 366 | 403 | 534 | 608 |
| Tipperary | 374 | 396 | 396 | 317 | 323 | 306 |
| Waterford City & County | 64 | 128 | 183 | 221 | 230 | 346 |
| Westmeath | 255 | 291 | 258 | 287 | 310 | 323 |
| Wexford | 105 | 122 | 140 | 154 | 176 | 186 |
| Wicklow | 19 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 45 | 116 |
| Total | 3,489 | 3,601 | 3,882 | 4,338 | 5,388 | 6,130 |
*Leasing schemes included in the table above are LA Short Term Leasing, LA Long Term Leasing, Enhanced Leasing, LA NARPS Agreements, LA Repair and Leasing (RLS) and LA Part V Leasing.
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 new or existing dwelling status, the entities from whom the houses are leased and the allocation of those dwellings to new and existing tenants, is a matter for the relevant local authority having regard to its most recent housing needs assessment.
Details regarding units leased by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive or local authorities for homeless prevention are not held by my Department.
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