COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 09, 2018

MOTION NO.2

MOTION: Councillor M. Ward

This Council, noting that the real social housing targets (homes owned by the Council and AHBs) for South Dublin County Council under Rebuilding Ireland 2018-2021 will not meet the existing level of need as expressed by the current housing and transfer list, calls on the incoming Director of Housing to develop a new housing action plan to deliver at least 5000 real social houses by 2021.

REPORT:

The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government set the target for South Dublin County Council to deliver 2,758 social housing units for the period 2018 to 2021. These targets cover units to be delivered through build, acquisition and leasing programmes and include delivery by the Approved Housing Bodies. The sites to deliver these schemes have been identified. In setting out our delivery programme, consideration has been given to factor in timelines for planning, procurement, construction and conveyancing. Work is ongoing in bringing sites to Part 8 stage for housing unit delivery by 2021. We are also working with developers and AHBs to develop sites and frontload Part V requirement where possible. At all times we continue to work very closely with the Department to secure funding and proposed project approvals. We will in conjunction with the master planning of Clonburris, bring forward additional capacity should an opportunity arise to increase these targets.