Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
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261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the review being undertaken by his Department of rent pressure zones, specifically the terms of reference of the review, the objective of the review, the persons responsible for the review, the proposed process and expected timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7082/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to my reply to Question No. 217 of 13 February 2025 which sets out the position on this matter.

Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
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262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the name of the housing provider, the number, location and size of Affordable Cost Rental units delivered since the passing of the Affordable Housing Act 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7083/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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As detailed under Housing for All, the Government plans to deliver 54,000 affordable homes, including 36,000 affordable purchase and 18,000 cost rental homes, by 2030. A comprehensive implementation strategy is in place to support the various affordable housing schemes now being delivered by a range of delivery partners.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and delivery partners in each local authority area. Data for the years 2022 up to Q3 2024 is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/?#affordable-housing-delivery.

Overall, since the launch of Housing for All to end Q3 2024, 2,640 Cost Rental homes have been delivered by Approved Housing Bodies, Local Authorities, the Land Development Agency and through the Cost Rental Tenant-in-Situ Scheme.

Information on Cost Rental Schemes currently advertised can be found on the websites of respective delivery partners, as well as on the Affordable Homes website, www.affordablehomes.ie.

Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
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263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the number, location and size of affordable cost rental units and the name of the housing provider in the pipeline to be delivered by 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7084/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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As detailed under Housing for All, the Government plans to deliver 18,000 cost rental homes by 2030. A comprehensive implementation strategy is in place to support the various affordable housing schemes now being delivered by a range of delivery partners.

Since its introduction in 2021 to end Q3 2024, 2,640 Cost Rental homes in the State have been delivered by Approved Housing Bodies, Local Authorities, the Land Development Agency and through the Cost Rental Tenant in Situ scheme.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and delivery partners in each local authority area. Data for the years 2022 up to Q3 2024 is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/?#affordable-housing-delivery.

The continued development of Cost Rental homes is supported by my Department through a mixture of capital grants, loan financing, and State equity investment, via the Affordable Housing Fund to Local Authorities, the Cost Rental Equity Loan scheme to Approved Housing Bodies, and the Secure Tenancy Affordable Rental investment scheme which supports delivery by private operators.

The Land Development Agency also continues to advance its delivery of Cost Rental homes through unlocking planning permissions under Project Tosaigh and by developing its own portfolio of State lands. The LDA is targeting 8,000 new homes over the course of the Project Tosaigh initiative. They are currently on track to deliver 5,000 new homes for social housing, Cost Rental and Affordable Purchase to eligible households by end 2026.

Further information on Cost Rental Schemes currently advertised can be found on the websites of respective delivery partners, as well as on the Affordable Homes website, www.affordablehomes.ie.

Affordable housing schemes, including Cost Rental, are now operating at scale and this momentum will continue as the pipeline is developed by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies and the Land Development Agency in coordination with my Department, the Housing Agency and the Housing Delivery Co-ordination Office of the Local Government Management Association.