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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 12, 2025

QUESTION NO. 14

QUESTION: Councillor J. Sinnott

To ask the Chief Executive if new and revised housing targets, and delivery of additional housing have been received from the Department of Housing and Local Government?

REPLY:

The council was set the following targets for the delivery of new build social homes: 772 homes in 2025 and 788 in 2026. Additionally, targets for delivery of affordable purchase and cost rental homes were set at 278 homes for both 2025 and 2026.

These targets were assigned in March 2022 by the Minister for Housing as part of the governments 'Housing for All 'plan. The social housing targets were based on information from our social housing waiting list and data from the 'Housing Need and Demand Assessment' (HNDA), which profiled the demand for social housing in the county. Targets for affordable purchase and cost rental were informed by data from the 'Affordable Housing Demand Assessment'.

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are currently in the process of preparing a new 'National Housing Plan' with revised housing delivery targets for public and private housing.