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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 11, 2021

QUESTION NO. 19

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to report on any contacts he has had with Minister Darragh O'Brien TD and his officials at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the recently announced "Housing for All Plan"; will he confirm if he is working on proposals regarding the Plan and will he make a statement?

REPLY:

The new national housing policy, Housing for All, was launched on 2nd September 2021 as the government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 units nationally per year over the next decade.   Following this, the Council's Chief Executive and Director of Housing have engaged with the Minister for Housing and senior officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) in relation to the plan.  The Department have also held workshops for Council officials in relation to the affordable housing elements of the plan in particular while social housing delivery is discussed directly with Department officials on an ongoing basis and the main aspects of Housing for All were outlined and discussed at the recent Housing Strategic Policy Committee meeting.

In subsequent correspondence to the Chief Executive, the Minister for Housing outlined social housing delivery targets for South Dublin County Council as follows:

Year 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Totals
Build 400 703 718 772 788 3,381
Long-Term Leasing 40 90 120 40 0 290
Totals 440 793 838 812 788 3,671

In Circular 32/2021, dated 1st October 2021, DHLGH further outlined requirements for local authorities to prepare and submit 
Housing Delivery Action Plans to outline plans to meet the social housing delivery targets outlined by the Minister as well as to meet affordable housing (purchase and cost rental) demand in the County.  This Circular also provides guidance and templates for these plans which have to be submitted to DHLGH by 17th December 2021 and we will discuss this further with the Housing SPC in particular, and the wider Elected Members, in advance of the submission of the plans.