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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 13, 2023

QUESTION NO. 24

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the chief executive for a report into how much is being spent on leasing housing for long term leases and how many houses are being leased by SDCC or ABB to provide housing in SDCC ?

REPLY:

Under our Housing Delivery Action Plan includes a maximum of 290 additional homes to be provided under long-term leasing during the period 2022-2026 while the Council’s Revenue Budget currently provides for expenditure of €11,194,000 in 2023 in relation to costs associated with the provision of approximately 630 homes through long-term leasing.  This includes properties directly managed by the Council along with homes managed by Approved Housing Bodies.  Funding is received by the Council from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the payments made to the landlords of these properties.  

Separately, last August, the Targeted Leasing Initiative was announced, managed by the Housing Agency, with a for expressions of interest to deliver up to 1,000 homes nationally to provide additional supply targeted at areas of greatest need and aligned with local social housing needs.  This is similar to the existing long-term leasing model but with some changes to the to deliver better value for money and to provide a pathway for the local authority to acquire the homes at the end of the lease period.  A number of proposals under this initiative are progressing within South Dublin County under this initiative and are expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks.