Conor D McGuinness
Question:709. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding being allocated under the tenant in situ scheme per local authority for 2026. [30303/26]
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Questions (709, 710)
Conor D McGuinness
Question:710. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding being allocated for housing acquisitions per local authority for 2026. [30304/26]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 709 and 710 together.
Tenancy sustainment, or tenant-in-situ, is not a stand alone programme or scheme. Rather it was an eligible category of acquisition introduced as part of the my Department's Social Housing Second Hand Acquisitions Programme in 2023.
Tenant in situ acquisitions are an option for local authorities to support households in the most precarious housing situations. Such acquisitions are, and will continue to be, available to local authorities for use as a last resort when all other options have been exhausted. However, they will never be the sole, or even the primary, option. The default first options should almost always be securing the sustainment of the tenancy with the landlord, securing alternative accommodation through the Tenancy Sustainment and Placefinder services, or allocating a local authority or Approved Housing Body tenancy via a new build home or re-let.
Ultimately, the delivery of new additional social homes is the only strategic solution to address long-term homelessness, with allocations from new and existing local authority and AHB social homes the primary means through which social housing qualified households should be accommodated. With the social housing new build programme gathering momentum and providing more social housing, this will allow for a reduced reliance on the Second Hand Acquisitions Programme over the coming years.
Funding allocations under the 2026 Second Hand Acquisitions Programme, including individual local authority priority category allocations, were notified to local authorities in February this year. Some €373 million is available for drawdown by local authorities and AHB under the Programme's three priorities as follows:
• Exits from Homelessness - €150 million
• AHB Priority Delivery (supporting older persons, persons with disabilities, care leavers) - €50 million
• LA Priority Delivery (including tenancy sustainment or tenant-in-situ acquisitions) - €157 million.
There is no separate tenant in situ allocation and such acquisitions should be met from within the overall LA Priority Delivery allocation. Ultimately, it is a matter for each local authority to determine how best to deploy this allocation across emerging priorities throughout the year.
The 2026 individual local authority priority allocations are detailed in the table below.
A contingency fund of €16 million has also been retained and will be available to local authorities that have drawn down most of their initial allocation but still have capacity to complete further acquisitions and draw down funding from my Department this year.
The multi-annual approach introduced last year will continue in 2026. Local authorities may commit up to the value of 30% of their base 2026 allocations (total c.€85 million) for acquisitions that will complete or drawdown funding in 2027. This will allow priority acquisitions to progress in the closing months of 2026, with certainty on funding in 2027, if such purchases do not complete this year.
|
Local Authority |
Exits from Homeless Allocation 2026 |
AHB Priority Delivery Allocation 2026 |
LA Priority Delivery Allocation 2026 |
Total 2026 Funding Available |
|
Carlow |
|
€1,000,000 |
€1,500,000 |
€2,500,000 |
|
Cavan |
|
€400,000 |
€1,100,000 |
€1,500,000 |
|
Clare |
|
€800,000 |
€900,000 |
€1,700,000 |
|
Cork City |
€8,500,000 |
€4,000,000 |
€8,200,000 |
€20,700,000 |
|
Cork County |
|
€1,000,000 |
€8,500,000 |
€9,500,000 |
|
DLR |
€7,100,000 |
€1,000,000 |
€8,100,000 |
€16,200,000 |
|
Donegal |
|
€600,000 |
€1,400,000 |
€2,000,000 |
|
Dublin City |
€54,000,000 |
€7,000,000 |
€49,700,000 |
€110,700,000 |
|
Fingal |
€17,000,000 |
€6,000,000 |
€7,700,000 |
€30,700,000 |
|
Galway City |
€6,700,000 |
€2,000,000 |
€2,800,000 |
€11,500,000 |
|
Galway County |
|
€600,000 |
€2,600,000 |
€3,200,000 |
|
Kerry |
|
€600,000 |
€1,700,000 |
€2,300,000 |
|
Kildare |
€5,000,000 |
€3,400,000 |
€5,600,000 |
€14,000,000 |
|
Kilkenny |
|
€600,000 |
€2,100,000 |
€2,700,000 |
|
Laois |
|
€700,000 |
€1,800,000 |
€2,500,000 |
|
Leitrim |
|
€350,000 |
€1,150,000 |
€1,500,000 |
|
Limerick |
€8,000,000 |
€4,200,000 |
€4,800,000 |
€17,000,000 |
|
Longford |
|
€400,000 |
€1,700,000 |
€2,100,000 |
|
Louth |
|
€1,600,000 |
€9,400,000 |
€11,000,000 |
|
Mayo |
€1,200,000 |
€1,000,000 |
€1,300,000 |
€3,500,000 |
|
Meath |
€2,000,000 |
€800,000 |
€2,900,000 |
€5,700,000 |
|
Monaghan |
|
€600,000 |
€900,000 |
€1,500,000 |
|
Offaly |
|
€500,000 |
€1,000,000 |
€1,500,000 |
|
Roscommon |
|
€500,000 |
€1,000,000 |
€1,500,000 |
|
Sligo |
|
€600,000 |
€1,900,000 |
€2,500,000 |
|
South Dublin |
€13,300,000 |
€3,000,000 |
€12,000,000 |
€28,300,000 |
|
Tipperary |
|
€1,800,000 |
€1,200,000 |
€3,000,000 |
|
Waterford |
€4,200,000 |
€2,000,000 |
€2,800,000 |
€9,000,000 |
|
Westmeath |
|
€700,000 |
€1,700,000 |
€2,400,000 |
|
Wexford |
|
€1,000,000 |
€5,000,000 |
€6,000,000 |
|
Wicklow |
|
€1,250,000 |
€4,750,000 |
€6,000,000 |
|
Housing Agency |
€23,000,000 |
|
|
€23,000,000 |
|
Contingency |
|
|
€15,800,000 |
€15,800,000 |
|
Total |
€150,000,000 |
€50,000,000 |
€173,000,000 |
€373,000,000 |
Question No. 710 answered with Question No. 709.