Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage budget package of just under €6bn inister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh OʼBrien TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke TD, and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan have announced a budget package for 2022 of just under €6bn. Key spending areas include:
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• Capital housing funding of over €4bn as committed to in Housing for All: -€2.6bn Exchequer - €1.5bn LDA and HFA • Current housing funding of €1.4bn • 11,820 new homes will be added to the available supply of social housing through build, acquisition and leasing, with a focus on new build (9,000 homes) • Building on the commitments in Budget 2021 and the new schemes provided for in the Affordable Housing Act 2021 and the Land Development Agency Act, €676m will support a package of measures to deliver more affordable housing, including 4,130 affordable purchase and cost rental homes • €194m to ensure those experiencing homelessness are supported and helped to successfully exit homelessness as well as c.€40m in the provision of health supports • €1.57bn investment in water services • €85m will facilitate energy efficiency improvements to social housing homes • €30m will enable 1,500 void homes to be remediated and brought back into use for letting to households on social housing waiting lists • €90m to facilitate up to 13,250 home adaptations thereby assisting people with disabilities and older people to continue to live in their own homes for longer • €159m for the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) • €225m contribution to the Local Government Fund • Heritage funding for 2022 will amount to €133.5m (a 36% increase) across capital and current contributing to the conservation of Irelandʼs heritage for present and future generations
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