Provision of social housing supports

What this means

• The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is responsible for overseeing social housing supports across Ireland.[source]
• The Minister for Housing has a legal duty to ensure housing authorities assess who needs social housing and that delivery is properly funded.[source]
• This mandate is grounded in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which sets out the rules for assessing housing need and providing supports.[source]
• Local housing authorities carry out the day-to-day work of assessing need and delivering social housing, under the oversight of the Minister.[source]
• This mandate matters for accountability because it places a clear legal responsibility on the Minister and local authorities to meet the housing needs of people who cannot afford private housing.[source]

Direct impact (3)

• duty held by body
  Department of Housing, Local Government and HeritageBody
• implements mandate via commitment
  Deliver 12,000 new social homes per yearCommitment
• implements mandate via commitment
  Create 2,000 Housing First tenanciesCommitment

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → regulates2-hop via dept-housing
  Local Government Management AgencyBody
• duty held by body → regulates2-hop via dept-housing
  The Housing AgencyBody
• duty held by body → regulates2-hop via dept-housing
  An Bord PleanálaBody
• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-housing
  National housing policy and the planning systemMandate
• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-housing
  Oversight of the local government systemMandate
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-housing
  Deliver 300,000 new homes by the end of 2030Commitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-housing
  Support an average of 15,000 starter homes per yearCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-housing
  Invest in Uisce Éireann to unlock housing supplyCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-housing
  Strengthen compulsory purchase powers for under-utilised landCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-housing
  Extend vacant and derelict property grants to 2030Commitment