Overview
Prepared by Ireland’s Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Delivering Homes, Building Communities sets out the Government’s housing strategy for 2025–2030. It aims to deliver 300,000 new homes by 2030 through a mix of public and private sector collaboration, addressing both supply and affordability challenges. The plan builds on Housing for All and represents the largest housing investment in the history of the State.
Prepared by Ireland’s Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Delivering Homes, Building Communities sets out the Government’s housing strategy for 2025–2030. It aims to deliver 300,000 new homes by 2030 through a mix of public and private sector collaboration, addressing both supply and affordability challenges. The plan builds on Housing for All and represents the largest housing investment in the history of the State.
Key Objectives
Ending Homelessness and Promoting Inclusion
The plan presents a comprehensive, delivery-focused framework to address Ireland’s housing shortage through large-scale construction, affordability measures, and community regeneration. It combines state-led investment, private sector participation, and modern construction innovation to achieve sustainable housing for all.
- Deliver 300,000 new homes by 2030, including 72,000 social homes and 90,000 Starter Home supports.
- Commit €20 billion annually in development finance, with over €9 billion from State sources and the remainder from private investment.
- Ensure a fair, sustainable housing system that promotes homeownership, affordable rents, and social inclusion.
- Tackle vacancy, dereliction, and homelessness, while regenerating communities across urban and rural Ireland.
- The plan is organised under two main pillars, each containing four priority areas.
- Pillar 1 – Activating Supply
- Activating Land and Infrastructure
- Ensure a strong pipeline of zoned and serviced land.
- Deliver key infrastructure (water, transport, energy) to make sites “shovel ready”.
- Implement the Planning and Development Act 2024 to streamline planning and judicial review.
- Attract domestic and international capital for housing development.
- Reform apartment standards and introduce tax incentives (e.g., 9% VAT rate).
- Capitalise the Land Development Agency (LDA) and Housing Finance Agency to expand their role.
- Launch a €1 billion Infrastructure Fund to remove delivery bottlenecks.
- Increasing Skills and Modern Construction Methods (MMC)
- Use Modern Methods of Construction (e.g., modular building) in at least 25% of new social and affordable housing.
- Expand training and apprenticeships in construction.
- Promote innovation through Enterprise Ireland’s Built to Innovate programme.
- Expand the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant and Derelict Property Tax.
- Support regeneration through the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) and Living City Initiative.
- Enable local authorities to use Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) more efficiently.
Ending Homelessness and Promoting Inclusion
- Introduce a National Homeless Prevention Framework.
- Expand the Housing First Programme and strengthen homelessness legislation.
- Increase housing for older people, disabled persons, and the Traveller community.
- Deliver an average of 12,000 new social homes per year.
- Streamline approval processes and standardise designs.
- Enhance local authority delivery capacity and improve maintenance of existing housing stock.
- Deliver 15,000 affordable housing supports annually through the Starter Homes Programme.
- Extend schemes such as Help to Buy and First Home.
- Introduce national rent controls, a rent price register, and stronger tenant protections.
- Regulate short-term lets and expand purpose-built student accommodation.
- Focus on urban regeneration and compact, sustainable development.
- Support rural housing and revitalisation through the Town Centre First initiative.
- Fund remediation for defective concrete blocks and apartments.
- Support the Dublin City Taskforce and An Ghaeltacht development plans.
- Backed by record State and private investment, including:
- €102 billion in critical infrastructure.
- €3.5 billion for electricity grid upgrades.
- €12.2 billion for water services.
- €2.5 billion additional capital for the Land Development Agency.
- A new Housing Activation Office will coordinate national delivery.
- The Cabinet Committee on Housing will oversee progress with measurable metrics.
The plan presents a comprehensive, delivery-focused framework to address Ireland’s housing shortage through large-scale construction, affordability measures, and community regeneration. It combines state-led investment, private sector participation, and modern construction innovation to achieve sustainable housing for all.
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