Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his targets for the number of homes to be delivered in 2024 funded by the first home scheme, the affordable housing fund scheme, the cost rental equity loan scheme and the LDA project tosaigh. [22269/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required 33,000 homes, on average, per year over the next decade. 54,000 affordable home interventions will be delivered between now and 2030 to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. Under Housing for All, 2024 has a delivery target of 6,400 affordable homes for affordable purchase and cost rental across the various delivery streams.

In implementing the key objectives under Housing for All, each local authority has prepared and published a Housing Delivery Action Plan in respect of local authority supported or overseen delivery from 2022 to 2026. 18 local authorities with a strong and identified affordable housing need were set affordable housing delivery targets and asked to include their planned affordable housing delivery in their Housing Delivery Action Plans. These plans were published on the local authorities’ respective websites in July 2022.

2022 represented the first year of a very ambitious programme of delivery of affordable housing. It is anticipated that the momentum created by this initial delivery will be maintained in 2023, and continue to ramp up in 2024. A pipeline of housing delivery is in place and is under continuous development by both the local authorities, AHB's and the LDA.

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to the Exchequer in 2022, per unit of accommodation, for housing schemes (details supplied), in tabular form. [22270/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity. This includes data on Part V delivery per local authority, which is available on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/. 

Cost information on the delivery of social homes through the various construction streams, is collated by my Department at development/project level rather than at individual housing unit level. The cost of constructing new homes is dependent on a range of variables, such as the location, the scale of the development and the size and type of the homes involved.

The table below sets out the average cost to the exchequer to end of 2022 of social housing and cost rental delivery across a range of programmes. 

Note 1: The information provided above is based on the financial information available to the Department. Delivery does not necessarily occur in the year of approval or spend.

Note 2:The CALF figures are based on application details and may be subject to change as the project progresses. The CALF Capital Outlay represents the average amount of CALF funding provided by the exchequer. (A maximum of 30%) 

Note 3:Agreement on Part V arrangements is a matter for the local authorities. In some cases the Part V average cost is affected by delivery of homes that were subject to agreements prior to the current Part V arrangements. Complete details of Part V arrangements are available from the local authorities. It should be noted that with some Part V units, while recorded as delivered in 2022, have not had costs claimed or recouped as yet and so are excluded from the average costs shown. 

Note 4: The average cost ofCREL units represents the average loan cost and not a cost to the Exchequer.

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to the Exchequer of buy-and-renew social homes delivered in 2022 and to date in 2023. [22271/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Awaiting reply from Department.

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to the Exchequer of the affordable homes delivered with the Affordable Housing Fund in 2022. [22272/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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With 2022 representing the first full year of delivery under the affordable housing schemes introduced in the Affordable Housing Act 2021, local authorities have begun to submit data returns and information on delivery of affordable homes in their area to my Department, in the same manner as is done for social housing.

Delivery of affordable units by local authorities with assistance under the Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) during 2022 is set out in the statistical data based on local authority returns as published last month on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery

A total of 373 homes were delivered by local authorities with AHF assistance during 2022 as affordable homes for purchase or for cost rental by eligible applicants.  

Cost information on the delivery of affordable homes through the various construction streams, is collated at development/project level rather than at individual housing unit level.

The cost of delivering new homes is dependent on a range of variables, such as the location, the scale of the development and the size and type of the homes involved.

In addition, the level of subvention provided under the AHF towards the capital cost of an affordable housing scheme varies having regard to factors such as density of affordable units per hectare achieved and the location of the development.

Subventions ranging from €50,000 to €150,000 are provided for under the AHF, with the Exchequer cost representing 95% of the subvention and the remaining 5% coming from a Local Authority contribution. Housing delivery being supported by funding approved originally under the earlier Serviced Sites Fund is also progressing with funding comprised of 89% Exchequer contribution matched by an 11% Local Authority contribution. 

For the 373 units delivered in 2022, the average Exchequer cost commitment per unit is €64,919.