Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, TD, today (11th March 2014) launched a two year €68m local authority home building initiative.
The investment represents the first return to new mainstream local authority house building since the finance crisis began.
Speaking in Darndale in Dublin 17 at the launch of the programme Minister O’Sullivan stated, “Increasing both public and private housing supply is a priority for the Government. For the first time in many years I am pleased to announce the restart of a local authority mainstream house building programme.”
Over the next two years €68m will be invested across the country to build new social homes for families in need of housing. Here in Darndale €7.9m will be invested in Buttercup Park to build 35 new homes and improve the area for the residents.”
“The €68m initiative will see some 449 new homes built across the country in the next two years. It an important investment but, with a very strong demand for social housing, I am of the view that more resources need to be invested in social housing over the coming years to expand supply.”
“At present we are delivering approximately 5,000 new social homes each year through a variety of avenues including regeneration, direct construction, leasing and the securing of NAMA units. We are also supporting the not for profit housing sector as it expands its amount of social homes. This mix of supply from a range of sources is important to meet social housing demand.
“This €68m investment is just one of a number of Government-backed initiatives that are launching in 2014 and will provide high quality homes for families. These include:
A €15m fund to bring back into use vacant local authority houses
A €35m investment over 2014 and 2015 for housing for people with a disability, people without a home and the elderly
A €30m investment in 2014 to improve the energy efficiency of local authority housing
A €10m fund to kick start resolution on the remaining unfinished housing developments.
These are valuable programmes. Not only will they provide new or better housing for people, they will also create and sustain hundreds of jobs in the construction and green energy sectors.”
Ends.
APPENDIX 1 - Jobs Stimulus proposals for all local authorities
Local Authority Address of Construction Projects. No. of Units Estimated Cost
Cork City Council Shandon Street and John Philpott Curran Street. 8 1,200,000
Gerald Griffin Street / Burkes Avenue 23 3,910,000
Dublin City Council Buttercup, Darndale, Dublin 17 35 7,900,000
Ballybough, Dublin 3 9 2,500,000
DunLaoghaire / Rathdown Co. Council Cromleich Close, Kilternan, Co. Dublin 15 2,578,807
Clontribit House, Blackrock 2 550,000
Fingal County Council Glasmore Rd, Swords 12 2,000,000
Cappagh, Finglas 27 2,750,000
South Dublin County Council Belgard Road, Tallaght 3 600,000
St Finians, Lucan 2 461,175
Suncroft, Tallaght 10 2,345,571
Galway City Council Allocation of €2.5m for proposed construction projects at various locations 15 2,500,000
Carlow Co. Council Maryborough St, Carlow 5 800,000
Main St. Borris, Carlow 6 1,000,000
Cavan Co. Council Mullagh, Cavan 7 660,000
Clare Co. Council Glaise na Rinne, Shannon 6 1,250,000
Cork Co. Council Oliver Plunkett Hill, Fermoy 11 2,090,000
Donegal Co. Council 4 SRDs - Various Locations 4 560,000
Glendale Drive, Letterkenny. 6 850,853
Galway Co. Council SRDs; 2 in Kinvara and 1 in Connemara 3 420,000
Kerry Co. Council Park, Killarney 8 1,079,768
Special Needs House in Listowel 1 160,000
2 SRDs - South and West Kerry 2 260,000
Bill Kennerk Road, Tralee 2 300,000
Kildare Co. Council Kilcock, Kildare 20 3,000,000
Replace 10 derelict units in Athy 10 833,000
Kilkenny Co. Council Gaol Road, Kilkenny City 10 1,500,000
Laois Co. Council Clodiagh Way, Tullamore Rd., Clonaslee 6 750,000
Limerick City Council Hasset Villas, Thomondgate 3 450,000
Kilmurray Court, Garryowen 6 900,000
Infill @ Clare Street 6 1,000,000
Limerick Co. Council Allocation of €2m for construction projects at various locations 12 2,000,000
Louth Co. Council The Mell, Boice Court, Drogheda
(Phase 2) 18 2,780,371
Woodlands, Dunleer. 6 360,000
Mayo Co. Council Infill site at Roches Terrace, Ballina. 5 229,160
4 SRDs at various locations. 4 605,720
2 Special Needs Extensions 2 140,000
Meath Co. Council Bettystown, Meath 18 2,600,000
St Brigids Villas, Navan - Demolition and rebuild. 5 600,000
Monaghan Co. Council Oliver Plunket Park, Castleblayney 8 1,000,000
Offaly Co. Council Clonminch, Tullamore 4 850,000
Roscommon Co. Council Mullymux, Roscommon 1 147,625
Sligo Co. Council Fr.Flanagan Terrace 12 1,800,000
Tipperary North Co. Council Ashbury, Roscrea 12 1,100,000
Tipperary South Co. Council Demolish and Rebuild 2 houses @ Poulamaleen Faugheen and Lower Ballingarry. 2 437,000
Waterford Co. Council Former Ormond Cinema site, O'Connell Street, Dungarvan 15 1,500,000
Waterford City Council Demolition and Rebuild Doyle Street & Hennessy Road 6 825,000
Westmeath Co. Council Infill @ Ennell Court, Mullingar 4 588,000
SRD at Harbour Road, Kilbeggan 1 100,000
Grange Crescent, Mullingar 2 280,000
Wexford Co. Council 10 units (including 3 Special Needs) at Riverchapel, Gorey. 10 1,500,000
8 units (including 5 Special Needs) at Shana Court, Wexford 8 1,200,000
Francis Street, Wexford 1 70,000
Wicklow Co. Council 1 Special Needs Unit at Roundwood 1 180,000
1 Special Needs Unit at Ard Na Greine Bray 1 60,000
Emoclew, Arklow (Phase 2) 8 540,000
OVERALL TOTAL 449 68,652,050
Note: Leitrim and Longford did not submit proposals under this funding stream.