Jen Cummins
Question:66. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plan to support single persons through Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030. [65790/25]
View answerTuesday, 25 November 2025
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Affordability and the chance to own a home is at the heart of Government’s housing policy, as embodied within the new housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 – 2030.
In recent years, Government has introduced several schemes to help people to buy or rent homes, supported by Housing for All. Since 2021, close to 16,900 supports nationwide have been provided via these measures. Under Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 – 2030, these supports will be retained, streamlined and expanded to form a Starter Homes Programme to ensure that first time buyers and renters in need of support, are supported by Government.
Single adult households account for around two thirds of households on social housing waiting lists and this proportion is steadily increasing. Studios and one-bedroom apartments provide much needed housing options for these households. In addition to significantly increasing the supply of social homes, the new housing plan will deliver an appropriate mix of house types and sizes, which will ensure that the needs of all social housing qualified households can be met.
To this end, local authorities will be required to develop new Housing Delivery Action Plans (HDAP's), setting out details of both social and affordable housing delivery to 2030. The intent is that these HDAP's will include information relating to the number of one bed homes each local authority intends to deliver, in line with local need.
Question No. 67 answered with Question No. 51.