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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 13, 2023

QUESTION NO. 20

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the CEO to update members on his ongoing efforts to tackle the housing crisis; will he give details and make a statement? Charlie O'Connor

REPLY:

The Council continues to progress a range of housing projects under our Housing Delivery Action Plan for the period 2022-2026 which projects delivery of 3,400 social homes and 1,500 affordable homes through direct build, Part V, Approved Housing Bodies, leasing and turnkey.  A full update on housing delivery is provided quarterly to the Housing Strategic Policy Committee with 391 new social homes substantially completed in 2022 and plans for over 700 social homes to be delivered in 2023.

In addition, the following measures are being utilised by the Council for additional housing supply in line with national housing policy:

• Responses to potential homelessness through purchases of properties with HAP/RAS tenants in-situ where notices of termination have issued (noting that this is subject to property suitability and sufficient resources to manage the surge in proposals for such acquisitions).
• The Targeted Leasing Initiative managed by the Housing Agency.
• Utilising recent changes to Affordable Housing Fund supports.
• A range of measures to addressing vacant homes to bring them into housing stock and productive use.
• A new land acquisition fund to support additional future social housing delivery.
• Temporary new provisions for accelerated housing delivery through exemptions to the Part 8 planning process.