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This chapter is an overview of the funds provided from central government for social housing supports and information on the main funding provided by central government to Approved Housing Bodies to construct, purchase or lease housing units for those in need of social housing.

This report examined a scheme which supports the acquisition by local authorities of land for social and affordable housing.

This chapter examines a scheme which supports the acquisition by local authorities of land for social and affordable housing.

This chapter examines the land swap agreement which was subject of a court award between the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government a firm of house builders.

This is a report that provides an overview of the funds flowing from and through central Government sources to local authorities, and of the purposes for which the funds have been provided, it also examines recent developments aimed at reducing local authority indebtedness for past acquisitions of land for social and affordable housing.

This chapter examines the arrangements to lease social housing units from private owners. It does not examine the use, by local authorities, of unsold affordable homes for social housing or the procurement of units by approved housing bodies using private finance remunerated on the basis of lease payments, both of which the Department also classifies as part of its wider Social Housing Leasing Initiative.

This examination looked at two areas of responsibility of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government - Water Services and Affordable Housing Delivery.

This examination is concerned with the operation of the scheme and its outcome to date, some eighteen years after its introduction. The examination assessed how the scheme is implemented and how the implementing agencies measure the impact of the scheme on those in need and the systems and procedures in place to evaluate the scheme’s overall effectiveness.