Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 March 2023
106. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many one-bedroomed homes have been constructed under the Housing first approach in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/23]
View answerHousing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.
Housing First provides housing and health supports for vulnerable individuals using homeless services consistently or intermittently over long periods of time. The supply of one-bedroom properties is critical to the successful delivery of Housing First. Under Housing for All, each local authority was required to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan. These Plans set out details of housing delivery for the period 2022-2026, including proposed delivery by housing typology, including one-bedroom properties. Housing Delivery Action Plans are published on the websites of the respective local authorities.
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. This data is available to the end of Quarter 3 2022, and 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/ Data for Quarter 4 2022 is currently being collated and will be published shortly. My Department currently does not hold details of delivery by housing typology across all the social housing delivery streams. This data may be available from the relevant local authorities.
