Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital allocations for social housing acquisitions for 2025, in tabular form. [15139/25]

Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is scope for a person (detailed supplied) to qualify for the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15283/25]

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Wicklow-Wexford, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if sufficient funding has been provided to Wicklow and Wexford County Councils for refurbishment of properties that are purchased under the tenant-in-situ scheme; if so, the amount allocated to each local authority, in tabular form; where no funding has been provided the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15370/25]

Rory Hearne (Dublin North-West, Social Democrats)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 25 March 2025, the funding allocated to local authorities by his Department in order to meet the tenant-in-situ scheme acquisition targets in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of housing units purchased via the local authority scheme specifically in 2023 and 2024, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15755/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I propose to take Questions Nos. 460, 473, 478 and 494 together.

Tenant in Situ Acquisitions were introduced by way of Government decision in 2023 as a short term response to the reported uplift in sales by landlords of homes which were within the HAP and RAS schemes in order to prevent potential homelessness where other solutions could not be found for the affected tenants.

A further Government decision extended such acquisitions into 2024 with approval granted for 1,300 Tenant in Situ acquisitions in addition to the 200 priority acquisitions target for 2024 contained in Housing for All.

Tenant in Situ acquisitions have been an important measure in the prevention of homelessness since their introduction in 2023. Government has therefore agreed to continue such acquisitions in 2025. My Department has notified local authorities on the extension of the programme and a circular setting out the arrangements and capital funding allocations has issued. The allocation of capital funding will enable local authorities to assess all available options and to decide on the most appropriate action in each case. As such, local authorities can identify suitable acquisitions in line with the local circumstances.

Acquisition targets were set for each local authority in 2023 and 2024 rather than capital funding allocations. For 2025 capital funding allocations are being provided with the €325m being made available to local authorities.

In relation to the details supplied, I understand that Dublin City Council have committed to reviewing this case under the new criteria for 2025.

With regard to refurbishment costs, funding for these costs will not be available under the second hand acquisitions programme for Tenant in Situ acquisitions. Such properties are the beneficiaries of significant Exchequer funded rent supports every week, are legally required to meet the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 and are subject to inspection by local authorities to ensure they meet the said standards. Therefore, immediate essential repairs should not be required.

Some refurbishment works may be required in the short to medium term but these should be noted as part of the condition survey and programmed for future planned maintenance works such that the capital funding available for Tenant in Situ acquisitions is dedicated to maximising the number of acquisitions.

Local authorities take appropriate steps to ensure that their first response will be to support households to prevent homelessness in cases where tenants have been served with a notice of termination by their landlord. A local authority will assess the options available in each case and decide the appropriate action.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority. Comprehensive data on social and affordable housing is published on my Department's website up to Quarter 3 2024, including completed acquisitions: .

Data for all of these schemes up to Q4 2024 is being collected and collated.