Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the annual expenditure on LIHAF; the total number of homes in each year activated via this measure; the total number of discounted homes delivered each year; and the average value of the discount, in tabular form. [52967/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 24 projects have progressed or are progressing under the LIHAF scheme. The enabling infrastructure has been completed on 16 projects and at the end Quarter 2 2025, €127m in Exchequer grant funding had been awarded under the scheme.

With regard to housing delivery, the 24 LIHAF projects that have progressed or are progressing have committed to deliver circa 16,150 housing units. Local Authorities indicate that a further 5,000 units could arise on the LIHAF sites. In addition, it is estimated that lands outside of the LIHAF sites that benefit from the enabling infrastructure could deliver a further 15,000 homes over time.

At the end of Quarter 2 2025, 8,737 housing units were delivered under the programme on LIHAF sites. Of these, 2,813 units were delivered with cost reduction measures.

The cost reduction measures are delivered in a number of ways. On privately owned sites, a portion of the associated housing is made available to the public for purchase at a reduced cost compared to the open market selling price. For LIHAF Projects on State owned lands, the Local Authority delivers the associated housing with a cost reduction through a range of Affordable and Social Housing schemes.

Due to the variety of delivery arrangements and cost reduction and affordability mechanisms applied across different projects, it is not possible for my Department to report on the average value of the cost-reduced discounts across the scheme as a whole. However, details of the cost reductions associated with the 2,813 homes delivered with cost reduction measures are set out in the following tables.

**OMP = Open Market Price

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any of the properties bought by the Housing Agency under the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme have been sold on to approved housing boards and have been converted to cost-rental tenancies. [52968/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Cost Rental Tenant In-Situ (CRTiS) scheme was introduced on 1 April 2023 for tenants in private rental homes who are not in receipt of social housing supports but are at risk of homelessness because a landlord has served a valid Notice of Termination due to an intention to sell the property. The Local Authority conducts the initial assessment for eligibility of the tenant for this scheme and refers potential cases to the Housing Agency, which is responsible for administering and managing the scheme on behalf of my Department.

The intention is to transition these homes to the standard Cost Rental model over time. Changes were necessary to the Affordable Housing Act 2021 to facilitate these properties moving to the Cost Rental sector. These changes were made last year via the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 and ensure that the necessary legal framework is now in place. My Department is now working with the Housing Agency on this transition.