Fingal County Council has announced that there are hundreds of homes in Fingal available to buy under the Affordable Housing Scheme.

The residences will be offered at a discounted rate to buyers who wish to acquire a newly constructed home but require assistance in bridging the financial difference between their mortgage and initial payment to meet the entire home price.

Fingal County Council is offering more than 450 homes in 2024 of which 339 homes for purchase across the county are open for applications as detailed below:

• North County Dublin- 16 homes available for sale under Affordable Housing Purchase Arrangements scattered throughout North County Dublin.

• Church Fields in Mulhuddart, Dublin 15, boasts 180 affordable homes, comprising 59 two-bedroom and 121 three-bedroom properties.

• Balmoston, Ballymastone, Donabate, there are 86 affordable homes up for grabs, featuring 34 two-bedroom and 52 three-bedroom units.

• Balleally Rise in Hands Lane, Lusk, presents 21 affordable homes, including 15 two-bedroom and 6 three-bedroom properties.

• Kilmartin Grove in Dublin 15 offers 36 affordable homes, comprising 22 two-bedroom mid-terrace units and 14 three-bedroom mid-terrace units.

Applications can be made through an online application portal which starts from 12 noon on 26 April 2024 for 16 homes available for sale throughout North County Dublin under Affordable Housing Purchase Arrangements. The homes available for purchase are located in the following Developments: Millers Glen, Swords (6 houses); Mooretown, Swords (2 houses); Station Road, Lusk (3 houses); The Paddocks, Donabate (3 houses); and College Avenue, Belcamp (2 houses). Prices range 2-Bedroom from €300,000, 3-Bedroom from €370,000 and 4-Bedroom from €450,000

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Two more schemes in Wilsons Brook, Hollystown Dublin 15 and Aster Park, Rush, will open in the next four weeks.

Fingal County Council has reached an agreement with GEM Construction to provide 180 residences in Church Fields, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15. The development will consist of 59 two-bedroom homes, with prices starting at €263,500, and 121 three-bedroom homes, starting from €315,000. Registration for this scheme opened on the portal on Tuesday 9 April.

Working with Glenveagh 86 affordable homes are available in Balmoston, Ballymastone, Donabate, Co. Dublin. There will be 34 no. 2-Bed Homes starting from €299k and 52 no. 3-Bed Homes starting from €310k. Registration for these homes opened on Tuesday 16 April.

Also open to applications are 36 residences in Kilmartin Grove, Hollystown, Dublin 15, featuring 22 mid-terrace two-bedroom units starting at €315k, and 14 mid-terrace three-bedroom units starting at €345k. Moreover, there are 21 affordable homes available in Balleally Rise, Hands Lane, Lusk, including 15 two-bedroom homes and six three-bedroom homes provided by Lagan Homes.

Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Adrian Henchy, said: "The Affordable Housing Scheme is giving more people the chance to purchase their own home. There was a lot of interest in the schemes already put up for sale and people will be delighted that there will be even more homes available for purchase in the coming months."

The Chief Executive of Fingal County Council, AnnMarie Farrelly, commented: "Our Housing team has worked with the Department of Housing, the Land Development Agency and developers like Glenveagh, GEM, Ballymore, Lagan, Gannon and Manley to create a substantial pipeline of affordable homes across Fingal. We have already brought schemes to market, and it is great that over the next few months we will be inviting applications from prospective homeowners for almost 500 homes in 11 different locations across Fingal."

Fingal County Council's Interim Director of Housing, Paul Carroll, stated: "We have targets under Housing For All for the delivery of affordable purchase and cost rental homes so we are making good inroads into that. The Affordable Housing Scheme is giving people a realistic chance of owning their own home."