Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to re-open the long-term leasing initiative, which was closed to new applications from 31 December 2021. [50266/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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One of the objectives of Housing for All was to wind down long term leasing from the end of 2025, which has been reflected through gradually reducing long term leasing delivery targets over the recent past, culminating in a target of just 200 for 2025. This objective does not include all types of long term leasing; it excludes the Mortgage to Rent scheme and Repair and Lease. While there is no immediate plan to continue long term leasing beyond this year, all delivery streams for social housing are kept under review, particularly in light of changing demographics and the numbers currently availing of emergency accommodation.