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The Irish Government has welcomed the launch of new housing projects which will build 650 social homes.
The housing projects that will be delivered under the social housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme, add to the progress made on previous stages of the programme. Titled 'Bundle 7', the new homes will be built on sites in Dublin City Council, Galway County Council, Limerick City and County Council and Wexford County Council areas.
Previous stages of this programme include:
• Bundle 1 - 534 homes were delivered across six sites in Dublin, Kildare, Louth and Wicklow in 2020 and 2021.
• Bundle 2 - 465 homes were delivered across eight sites in Cork, Clare, Galway, Kildare, Roscommon and Waterford in 2021.
• Bundle 3 - 486 new homes will be delivered across six sites in Dublin, Kildare, Sligo and Wicklow with planning completed on all sites. The tender process commenced in Q4 2022.
• Bundles 4 and 5 - circa 1,900 new homes will be delivered across 18 sites in Dublin, Kildare, Louth and Wicklow. Design development underway.
• Bundle 6 - circa 500 new homes across seven sites in Cork, Kildare and Wicklow
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD said the new phase of social housing underlines the Government's "commitment to building more social homes and demonstrates the proactive approach we are taking to tackle our housing challenges".
In a statement, Minister O'Brien said:
"Housing for All commits to increasing the supply of new build social housing to an average of 10,000 per annum between 2022 and 2030 and we are employing every resource at our disposal to achieve this.
"The Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme represents one of the many strands of delivery to increase the quantity of social housing. Housing for All also includes a specific objective to increase the use of PPPs to deliver social housing and today’s announcement is a significant contributor to achieving this.
"The success of this model for social housing delivery is evident as it has already provided 1,000 high-quality new homes, with another 3,500 in the pipeline."
