COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, January 09, 2023
QUESTION NO. 11
QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor
To ask the CEO to report on the recent meeting he attended, along with other Chief Executives, with the Minister for Housing, to discuss the housing crisis; will he detail plans he has to implement proposals which came from that meeting and will he make a statement?
REPLY:
Plenary meetings with the Minister for Housing and Chief Executives of local authorities took place both in October and December 2022 to discuss various aspects of housing delivery and included discussion on measures including:
- maximising 2022 housing delivery and accelerating subsequent social and affordable housing delivery
- responses to homelessness including acquisition of properties with HAP/RAS tenants in-situ and the winter eviction ban
- targeted leasing initiative to provide additional social homes
- addressing vacancy
- updates to affordable housing fund supports
- a new land acquisition fund managed by the housing agency to support future social housing delivery.
Where appropriate these measures are being explored in the context of the Council's approved Housing Delivery Action Plan 2022-2026 while some of the matters discussed require further clarification, regulations or guidance from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Our HDAP outlined the Council's plans to meet our targets for social and affordable housing delivery from 2022 to 2026 with approximately 3,700 new social homes projected for delivery through build, AHB supply, Part V delivery and leasing and a further 1,500 affordable homes for purchase and rental to be delivered.