The amount of new-build social housing delivered in Dublin across all build delivery streams increased 12% in 2021, according to the Dublin Housing Delivery Group (DHDG).
The organisation, which was established last June to co-ordinate and drive the delivery of social and affordable housing in Dublin, said the four local authorities in the capital have a target for social housing delivery of 2,100 units in 2022.
There were 3,100 dwellings under construction in Dublin when the report was submitted in early February, with over 750 awaiting an agreed site date and approximately 2,500 going through the various approval processes.
The bulk of new social and affordable housing delivered in Dublin in 2020 and 2021 was funded through capital advance leasing facilities, which help approved housing bodies to access finance from financial institutions and the Housing Finance Agency.
Just under 800 homes will be delivered in Dublin using CALF in 2022, but more than 900 will be funded through the Social Housing Capital Investment Programme, the funding mechanism used to deliver direct local authority Part V homes, after around 500 homes were delivered through SHIP in 2020 and 2021.
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Approximately 500 homes will be delivered this year by the private construction sector under Part V year, up from around 100 in both 2020 and 2021, and the Capital Assistance Scheme for housing bodies to deliver housing for older people and people with disabilities will add around 50 more in 2022.
From 2022-26, Dublin's four local authorities have set a combined target of 20,200 new social and affordable home homes between 17,750 new-builds and 2,500 long-term leases, with more than half set to be located in Dublin city.
The report also outlined that the Dublin Housing directors have agreed on priority areas to support housing delivery that could form the basis of DHDG's work.
They include: the local authorities' remaining land bank, future land requirements and activation measures; an affordable housing programme for the Dublin region; the establishment of a working group to consult on approved housing bodies' five-year plans, and local authorities-led private sector partnerships to increase supply.
It was proposed that high-level working groups be established, each chaired by a Dublin local authority CEO who will bring together relevant stakeholders to consider the overarching priorities with a view to preparing a report and make recommendations to the Department of Housing and the Minister for Housing.
"In addition, there are a range of policy actions in Housing for All and actions at operational level where collaboration and coordination between the Housing Directors and local authority housing delivery teams will continue to support overall housing delivery," the report states.
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