Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units that have been delivered under the long-term social housing leasing scheme in each of the years since 2018, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5523/23]

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. 

Long term lease arrangements, including the enhanced lease, of privately owned dwellings can be entered into by either local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). Under these arrangements the local authority or AHB acts as the landlord to the tenant. The terms of these agreements are set out in standard template agreements provided by my Department which must be used by all local authorities and AHBs. Agreements may be entered into for periods of between 10 to 25 years in duration.

A breakdown by local authority of the total number of long-term leases delivered from 2018 to Q3 2022 can be found in Table 1 below:

Table 1 - Total number of long-term leases delivered by local authority from 2018 to Q3 2022:

This data includes LA direct leasing, enhanced leasing, and AHB private leasing.