Housing Authorities Leased 273 Social Homes In Kildare In 2020.

Thursday, 20 May 2021 06:20

The total cost of the leases was over €2.2 million.

273 homes in KIldare were under long-term social housing lease last year - at a total cost of €2.2 million.

Just 40 of those homes were being directly leased by Kildare County Council, according to data released to Kildare North Sinn Fein TD, Réada Cronin.

The majority of the properties, 119, were being rented by Approved Housing Bodies.

AHBs were also leasing 44 homes back to their former owners, as tenants, under the Mortgage to Rent scheme.

67 unsold affordable homes were also being leased last year.

Table 1: Kildare County Council, Leasing Year End Figures 2014 to 2020 (as part of SHCEP)

Year	AHB MTR	AHB Private Lease	LA Direct	Private MTR	RLS	Unsold Affordables	Total
2014	5	83	1			73	162
2015	8	111	1			73	193
2016	9	94	1			73	177
2017	19	165	2			73	259
2018	24	129	19			67	239
2019	37	120	18		1	67	243
2020	44	119	40	2	1	67	273

Table 2: Kildare County Council, Leasing end 2018 to 2020 Spend

Scheme	2018	2019	2020
AHB MTR	€213,891	€354,325	€416,876
AHB Private Lease	€1,092,000	€1,257,571	€1,176,831
LA Direct	€102,296	€184,102	€437,804
Private MTR	€0	€0	€16,213
RLS	€0	€8,159	€5,760
Unsold Affordables	€168,528	€160,964	€160,524
Total	€1,576,715	€1,965,121	€2,214,008

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