Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date with the local authority affordable purchase homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24806/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Affordable Housing Act 2021 established a framework to make affordable housing available, setting up affordable purchase and cost rental schemes for delivery by key housing partners.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and by key delivery partners in each local authority area. Data for the years 2022 to 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.

It is worth noting that, as can be seen from the published reports, the First Home scheme is also available and actively supporting affordable home purchase and the Croí Cónaithe Towns schemes, which includes the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant and the Ready to Build Scheme, is also contributing to meeting the needs of affordably constrained purchasers nationwide.

Affordable housing schemes, including LA Affordable purchase arrangements, are now operating at scale and this momentum will continue as the pipeline is developed by local authorities and their delivery partners in coordination with my Department, the Housing Agency and the Housing Delivery Co-ordination Office of the Local Government Management Association.