Edward Timmins
Ceist:111. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if councils have been given housing targets; and if these targets are being monitored. [69341/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 1 October 2026
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My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority. These statistics provide delivery data at local authority level, including data on housing delivery vs targets. Data is available to the end of Q1 2026 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website. Data for Q2 2026 is being collated and will be available in due course.
My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR), which provides details of social housing developments and their location that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender process. This report allows the construction of all social housing projects to be monitored as they progress each quarter. The most recent publication was for Q1 2026. All CSRs are also available on my Department’s website. The CSR for Q2 2026 is due to publish alongside the rest of the Q2 2026 delivery statistics.
Under the housing plan ‘Delivering Homes, Building Communities’, each local authority is preparing a Housing Delivery Action Plan (HDAP) setting out its planned delivery of social and starter homes to 2030, in line with targets set by my Department to ensure the 72,000 social homes and 90,000 starter home supports are delivered nationwide by 2030.
It should be noted that existing HDAPs run from 2022 to the end of 2026, and it is expected that new HDAPs, which will run to 2030, will be in place in Q4 2026. Each local authority's current HDAP is published on its website.
These HDAPs are informed by social and affordable housing need within the local authority area and involve collaboration with the delivery partners, including the Land Development Agency and the Approved Housing Bodies, as applicable.