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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 13, 2015

QUESTION NO.29

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the Traveller Accommodation Programme for 2015 and to include in his report the impact of the recently announced Government Housing Strategy.

REPLY:

The proposed construction programme due for delivery in 2015 under the current Traveller Accommodation Programme are as follows:

Development                                 No. of Units

Oldcastle Park redevelopment         20                                                       

Lynch’s Lane redevelopment             3        

Belgard Road redevelopment            3 

A submission for capital commitments in 2015 has been submitted to the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government and we are awaiting a decision in this regard.

The Social Housing Strategy 2020 sets out the Governments committment to fully meet its obligations to those who need assistance to provide a home for themselves. The Strategy restores the State to a central role in the direct provision of social housing through a resumption of building on a significant scale.

The vision outlined in the Strategy is that every household will have access to secure , good quality housing suited to their needs at an affordable price in a sustainable community and that the state , for its part will put in place financially sustainable mechanisms to meet current and future demand for social housing supports, ensuring value for money for taxpayers while respecting the preferences of individual households to the greatest extent possible.

The purpose is to provide more than 35,000 new homes to meet social housing needs by 2020 and in addition to deliver up to 75, 000 units of long term , quality accomodation through local authority housing support schemes for tenants.

Phase 1, building on Budget 2015 sets a target of 18,000 additional housing units and 32,000 HAP/RAS units by end of 2017.

Local Authority Traveller Accomodation Programmes provide a road map for local authority investment in Traveller Accomodation for the next five years. The Social Housing Needs Assessment is used as a basis by housing authorities, in assessing this need. As such additional new housing requirements of Travellers are reflected in calculations underpinning the targets contained in the Social Housing Strategy.