Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term-let houses in the past five years by Fingal County Council, by house size and average annual cost, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9724/23]

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 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 year of the total number of long-term leases delivered by Fingal County Council from 2018 to Q3 2022 with the average annual cost can be found in Table 1 below. My Department does not collate data on property size.

Table 1: Fingal County Council Long-Term Leasing Delivery 2018 to Q3 2022

This data includes local authority direct leasing, enhanced leasing, and AHB private leasing. Delivery data for Q4 2022 is being collated at present. Average annual costs are based on properties claimed under SHCEP at the end of each year/period.