Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 May 2023
96. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many homes will be delivered by the LDA this year under the project tosaigh scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23647/23]
View answerUnder Housing for All, the Government aims to deliver 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through the First Home Scheme.
The LDA is tasked with managing the State’s own lands to develop new homes, and regenerate under-utilised sites. In the longer-term, it will assemble strategic land-banks from a mix of public and private lands, which is expected to bring essential more long-term stability to the Irish housing market.
It is also tasked with unlocking stalled private, planning-consented developments in the shorter-term through its market engagement initiative, Project Tosaigh, from which the LDA is targeting delivery of 5,000 affordable homes by 2026 .
Following two calls for proposals and ongoing engagement with proposers, a delivery pipeline is being advanced. The first households are in their Project Tosaigh sourced homes. 164 new homes were offered in 2022 for cost rental tenanting by eligible households in Wicklow and Dublin. 78 affordable purchase homes in Cork and Waterford were also delivered in 2022. I understand that a significant step-up in delivery is expected in 2023.
While keeping the momentum of that call for proposals engagement going, the LDA is proceeding in tandem with the more structured phase of Project Tosaigh engagement, procuring framework agreements with preferred delivery partners. I expect that a request for tenders to advance Phase 2 will issue next month.
