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From: Marguerite Ryan <[email protected]>Date: 25 October 2018 at 13:09:53 ISTTo: Maurice Coughlan <[email protected]>Subject: Documents re DHPLG engagement with AHB, Housing Agency, LAs (CCMA)

Dear Kieran, I refer to a request from the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee for evidence of engagement between the DHPLG and major partners for delivery This Department recognises the need for all stakeholders to engage together regularly to drive delivery through partnership and shared vision. Engagement between the DHPLG and Housing Supply stakeholders occurs frequently across a range of structures including:

Rebuilding Ireland Pillar Meetings‐ attended by CCMA, ICSH, Housing Agency, DHPLG

AHB Forum‐ DHPLG, Housing Agency, CCMA, ICSH and Housing Alliance inlc. CoOperative Housing Ireland

CCMA bilateral engagement

and most particularly over the past 12 months through a series of Housing Summits.

The DHPLG technical teams meeting with all Local Authorities on a quarterly basis. Attached please find:

Invitations and Agenda for July and September Housing Summits

Summit Outcomes and Actions paper

Invitation and documentation for Follow up meeting with Directors of Housing

Sample Agenda of a Pillar II Working Group‐ attended by CCMA, ICSH, Housing Agency and the DHPLG

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Subject: Invitation to Directors of Housing to Post‐Summit event, Dublin July 11th 2017 Dear Director, Further to the notification which issued to all Chief Executives regarding the Housing Summit which

is to be held on July 3rd

, please be advised that Wednesday, July 11th

has now been agreed as the date for the post‐summit engagement with Directors of Housing. The event, which will be jointly hosted by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and the CCMA, will start at 10.30am in Dublin and run until approximately 5pm and will take place in the Aisling Hotel, Parkgate St., Dublin 8. A full agenda will follow in due course. Directors are invited to bring one Senior Executive Officer and Senior Technical staff member to this event as appropriate. RSVPs should be returned to [email protected] as soon as possible. Depending on the number of confirmed attendees, it may be necessary to change the location for the event to another Dublin location and this will be confirmed in advance. Yours sincerely,

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Save the date- AHB Summit- September 17th 2018

Dear Chief Executive, I wish to notify you that Minister Murphy will host an AHB Summit in the Custom House on Monday

September 17th

2018. The focus of the Summit will mirror that of a recent Summit with Local Authority Chief Executives looking at Social Housing Delivery; Homelessness and Land & Affordability. Given the experience of previous Summits, it has been decided to limit attendance to a small number of primarily Tier 3 & Tier 2 AHBs, with one attendee per organisation. The Department has liaised with the ICSH, CHI and the CCMA in developing the list of attendees for this event with the ICSH representing the broader AHB sector. The agenda for the day will be developed to take a focus on specific AHB related housing delivery matters, both strategic and operational, and is currently being developed in partnership with the ICSH and Housing Alliance members. The event will run from 10am until approximately 3pm. Further details and agenda will follow in due course. I would be obliged if you could reply by return, indicating your availability to attend, to Deirdre Mason at [email protected] Kind regards Marguerite Marguerite Ryan | Principal Officer |Housing Assistance Payment & Social Housing Co-Ordination UnitDepartment of Housing, Planning & Local Government | Newtown Road | Wexford…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Marguerite Ní Riain| Príomhoifigeach An Roinn Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil | Bóthar an Bhaile Nua | Loch Garman | Ph: 053 911 7480

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Speaking Notes

Welcome

Good morning everyone and welcome. I see a lot of very familiar faces around the

table this morning, and names on the attendance list. Some of you will be familiar

to me as a result of direct meetings over the past 18 months, and for others it will

be familiarity borne from seeing vast numbers of project approvals pass my desk

across almost all social housing delivery vehicles, invitations to sod-turnings,

opening events, and media coverage of the very real and tangible work that you

and your organisations are doing at the coal face of housing delivery, homeless

services and general housing provision for thousands of citizens in Ireland.

Housing Summits have become an integral way of how we do business in the

Department. Summits offer the opportunity for the heads of the organisations who

are critically involved in implementation to come together in a meaningful and

productive manner, to discuss matters in an open and constructive manner and to

identify mechanisms to support moving forward on a range of key issues.

I want to thank all of you for taking time out of your very busy calendars to join us

here today. Your participation is what will make this event a success.

I want to thank the ICSH and CHI for collaborating with officials in the Department

on managing the attendance list for the event today and also providing key topics of

relevance to the sector for open discussion today. I’m aware that not every AHB

organisation is in the room today, and that keeping numbers small was a challenge

for all involved, however with two LA Chief Executive Summits now complete, the

learning experience for us has certainly been that a smaller focus group yields

increased participation and opportunity to get directly to the core of important

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issues. I am sure that the ICSH, and all participants will convey the messages from

today across the wider sector.

Rebuilding Ireland Progress

Rebuilding Ireland has been at the centre of Government activity since July 2016.

Much progress was made in 2017 under the five pillars of (1) addressing

homelessness, (2) accelerating social housing, (3) building more homes, (4)

improving the rental sector, and (5) utilising existing housing.

As a result of implementing the objectives in the Action Plan, almost 26,000

households have had their social housing needs met in 2017. The Government has

also set more ambitious targets under the Plan increasing the social housing

programme’s targets from 47,000 units by 2021 with funding of €5.35 billion to

50,000 units with funding of over €6 billion.

AHBs are undoubtedly making a substantial and tangible contribution to achieving

our ambition and delivering not just houses, but homes for our citizens.

In 2017, the AHB delivery against an overall Build, Acquisition and Leasing output of

7,095 units was 2,330 or 33%. That’s almost exactly one-third of the delivery and

exactly where targets were pitched!

Before we get into the detailed discussion today, I want to acknowledge that

delivery and to recognise the significant strides that have been made by the sector

as a whole in rising to the challenge that we are all facing. I am aware of the

considerable reform that has been ongoing across the sector, the upskilling and

increased professionalization of services in order to drive enhanced capacity and to

demonstrate that to the wider sector.

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I want to also acknowledge the innovation that I am seeing coming through as we

face numerous financial, structural and political challenges in delivering on the scale

required, within the financial framework available.

Social Housing

2018 is a critical year for social housing delivery. We will see the results of enhanced

building capacity across Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies with

significant increases in the number of newly built units being added to the existing

housing stock which will have a real impact for individuals and families across the

country.

This will build on what was delivered in 2017 when almost 26,000 individuals and

families had their housing needs met. This is real delivery, with a real impact on the

housing problem. But we want to take that delivery and use it as a platform to

deliver more. Yes we exceeded our targets, but this is not a time for complacency.

The implementation of Rebuilding Ireland has had a direct impact on social housing

waiting lists and the resources provided through the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan

are enabling us to make substantial progress.

A key priority under Rebuilding Ireland is to increase the level of newly built social

housing on a year by year basis. In 2016 and 2017, delivery programmes focussed on

harnessing the best of what was available. This included acquisitions of vacant stock

nationally, completions of unfinished estates and ensuring that maximum use was

secured from existing Local Authority housing, while in parallel new-build pipelines

were put in place.

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As a direct result of changes I made following a review of Rebuilding Ireland last year

and securing additional funding, the focus now on new-build activity is far greater.

The total target for all the Building programmes in 2018 is 4,969 units, which is more

than 50% higher than the corresponding 2017 target. That increases again in 2019

to almost 6,400 units -a further 30% and continues to grow to a target of 8,907 in

2021.

Seeing this ambition translate into activity is critical and we need to see activity

intensify and accelerate and most importantly to deliver on-time. We cannot afford

slippage.

In direct response to the housing challenge and in order to support housing

authorities to deliver on their responsibilities and obligations, I have put additional

resources into supporting enhanced delivery across all streams. A number of

dedicated structures have been put in place to support Approved Housing Bodies

and Local Authorities to maximise their delivery potential and to harness the best

that is available in their functional areas.

The dedicated Housing Delivery Office (HDO) was established within the

Department in September 2017 to support Local Authorities, approved housing

bodies and all stakeholders involved in the delivery of key elements of the ambitious

private and social housing targets in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. The purpose

of this office is to accelerate and monitor housing delivery, both private and social,

on key sites; identify further mechanisms to accelerate delivery; and support the

roll-out of complex construction projects, including identifying and resolving barriers

to delivery.

What is critical at this stage is to ensure that all of the structures already in place are

aligned, co-ordinated and co-operating towards a shared vision. This includes the

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Department, the Housing Agency and the Housing Finance Agency working with

Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies across the country

In addition, the AHB Services Unit was established in the Housing Agency, to support

AHBs in a number of key areas including most prominently of late through the

investment of €70m to establish an Acquisitions Fund to purchase vacant properties

from banks and investment funds for use as social housing. I know that many of you

here today have been substantially engaged in this process and the innovative new

arrangements which have been created around the scheme.

I firmly believe that the range of delivery options available, combined with the

support structures outlined, provide the necessary resources for Local Authorities

and I expect all stakeholders to be fully mobilised towards meeting the target for

2018, and subsequent years.

Under the Capital Assistance Scheme, we have a portfolio of almost 120 approved

projects that will, on completion, deliver almost 1,200 units of accommodation at a

cost of €215 million for vulnerable categories including for the elderly, people with

disabilities and the homeless.

This is a welcome stream of delivery. However, there are issues with how long it

takes to deliver some CAS projects. The good news on this front is that my officials

have drawn up proposals, which, subject to consultation with The Irish Council for

Social Housing and other parties, would see these schemes advancing from the

receipt of the initial Stage 1 submission in my Department to the final Stage 4

approval within a defined period. I hope all parties will co-operate to get agreement

on this as soon as possible.

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As people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, are one of the CAS

categories, I would encourage those of you involved in that critical area, to use CAS

as a delivery mechanism for new housing.

Homelessness

I remain acutely aware of the significant challenges posed by homelessness and am

highly focussed on delivering long-term sustainable solutions for those individuals

and families experiencing homelessness.

The Housing First programme enables those individuals who may have been

homeless and who often have high levels of complex needs to obtain permanent

secure accommodation with the provision of intensive supports to help them

maintain their tenancies. I appointed a National Director of Housing First earlier this

year who is now working with Local Authorities to support and accelerate the

delivery of Housing First tenancies and to extend this programme nationwide.

For families on the waiting lists who are experiencing homelessness, we are

continuing to work on further solutions to give them the supports they need. Given

the continuing number of families presenting to homeless services, as well as the

continuing use of hotels, an accelerated family hub programme is being delivered.

Family hubs offer family living arrangements with a greater level of stability than is

possible in hotel accommodation, with the capacity to provide appropriate play-

space, cooking and laundry facilities, and communal recreation space, while move-

on options to long-term independent living are identified and secured.

Preventing homelessness from occurring in the first instance is of course the

favoured outcome and to this end, a range of measures are being implemented by

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the Government to prevent families from entering into hotel emergency

accommodation. These measures include:

The national roll out of the Homeless HAP Placefinders service into every

Local Authority;

Funding the National Tenancy Protection Service managed by Threshold;

and

Strengthening the Residential Tenancies Act

Affordable Housing

We need to urgently address issues of housing affordability particularly in Dublin

and major urban centres.

This is a major Government priority and will be an increasing focus of housing policy

and delivery going forward.

We are targeting 10,000 affordable homes from State land in the short to medium

term.

Approved Housing Bodies have a key role to play, working with local authorities and

the new Land Development Agency.

In terms of affordable purchase, I’ve commenced Part 5 of the 2009 Act and

Regulations will issue shortly.

We have a couple of Cost Rental projects underway and AHBs are delivering one

(Enniskerry Rd.) and were part of developing the other (Emmet Rd.).

I’ve committed €100m for site infrastructure works and local authorities have

identified the land for an initial tranche of 4,000 homes.

Longer term, the new Land development agency has land and funding to deliver

150,000 new homes 50,000 of them affordable.

With progress being made on social housing this is the key growth area and we need

projects coming forward.

We need AHBs back in the business of delivering affordable housing, at scale.

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Conclusion

To all the speakers and participants here today, thank you for your contribution. We

all have a responsibility to play our part and I believe we can achieve our goals and

continue to make progress by actively working together in partnership.

I hope you all have a productive and rewarding Summit.

Programme for Post Summit Directors Event

July 11th

- Ashling Hotel

Dublin

10.00am Registration-Tea/Coffee

10.30 am Opening Remarks

John McCarthy, Secretary General, DHPLG & Peter Carey, Chair of the CCMA

Update on the Housing Summit - focus on key outcomes, actions arising

Session introduction, chairing discussions and setting out format

10.45 am Session 1- Social Housing Delivery

Session Introduction: Mary Hurley, Assistant Secretary, Social Housing Division

Update on Social Housing targets and Delivery at end Q1

Marguerite Ryan

Fast Track- Volumetric Framework overview

Sarah Neary

General Discussion – Accelerating Delivery/New Initiatives/Capacity Building/ Overcoming

obstacles

11.50 am Session 2- Homelessness

Session Introduction - Mary Hurley, Assistant Secretary, Social Housing Division

Prevention- Discussion on what is working; Development of Strategy; Placefinders

David Kelly

HAP and Homelessness- Improving uptake of HAP; removing barriers; improving awareness

Marguerite Ryan & David Kelly

Housing First-Development plan; Research; Targets; Challenges to be addressed

Bob Jordan

1.15 pm Lunch

2.00pm Session 3- Affordability & Land Management - Supporting Mixed Tenure Development

Session Introduction: Dave Walsh, Assistant Secretary, Planning, Land and Housing Market

Division

Targeted Affordable Housing & Economic Assessment -Barry Quinlan

Serviced Sites-Barry Quinlan

Cost Rental-Barry Quinlan

New Development Licences & Encouraging Mixed-Tenure Development- Peter Gavican

4.15pm Recap of new Initiatives & Actions Required & Close

Secretary General

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Minister Murphy welcomes all 31 Local Authority CEOs to the third Housing Summit

Authorities on July 11 to discuss today’s outcomes in detail.

1. Homeless

• 70 new emergency beds will be in place in September and further bed spaces will be identified for the winter.

• A National Implementation Plan for Housing First will be published later this month.

• Following on from issues identified with families in emergency accommodation being unwilling to consider HAP we will carry out a review of current Schemes of Letting Priorities, including an examination of transfer list arrangements and the potential for increased ‘choice-based letting’.

• A new national Housing Assistance Payment Scheme promotion campaign, outlining the benefits of the scheme for both landlords and tenants, will be launched to address some of the concerns identified in recent reports.

• A strengthened Research Team in the Dublin Region Homeless Executive will have responsibility for developing homelessness research nationally, as well as improvements in reporting.

• Two pilot temporary family hubs will be rolled out in Louth and Galway, in conjunction with the Peter McVerry Trust. This will involve the provision of temporary prefabricated individual units in clusters which will be operated as a homeless hub. These high quality units will have the required supports in place so that families and individuals can exit to more permanent accommodation.

2. Social House Building

• A new fast track apartment scheme (1,000+) across several Dublin sites and other city and town locations across the country is to be progressed.

• Banks, financial institutions and private equity funds are being targeted for 1,000 units as part of vacancy and acquisition delivery in addition to existing programmes.

• The first dedicated AHB Housing Summit will take place in September to progress AHB delivery in tandem with Local Authorities.

3. Affordability

• Call for bids for €75m Serviced Sites Fund for Affordable Housing now issued.

• Housing Delivery Office has identified Local Authority and Housing Agency lands with potential capacity to deliver over 10,000 homes (subject to planning etc) of which a significant number will be affordable. In addition they have identified additional sites which are capable of delivering a further significant number of new homes, once enabling infrastructure and viability issues are resolved.

4. National Planning Framework

• Call for proposals issued for new €2bn Urban Regeneration and Development Fund to support compact growth and sustainable development of Ireland’s five cities, regional drivers and other large urban centres.

• A detailed information session on the Fund being held for LA teams in Portlaoise next Monday (9 July). Deadline for applications is 12 noon on the 28 September 2018. €100M available from 1 January for shovel ready projects.

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Following the conclusion of our Third Housing Summit with the Chief Executives of each of the 31 Local Authorities today (3 July 2018), I am announcing a number of key outcomes and actions that were agreed to further accelerate and increase the delivery of social and affordable housing.

Preventing homelessness, as well as ensuring that those who are experiencing homelessness have every support they need, were also a key focus of the Summit. In particular, the need to exit families and individuals from hotel and B&B accommodation into tenancies supported through the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme or into family hubs, where a range of important supports are in place, was also re-emphasised as a key priority.

The role of the Approved Housing Body (AHB) sector, partnering with local authorities, is critical in terms of delivery. Of the 50,000 social housing homes to be delivered from 2016 to 2021 under Rebuilding Ireland, the AHB sector will deliver a third of these. Building on engagements that take place with the sector in a range of settings, the first dedicated AHB Housing Summit will take place in September.

Social Housing Delivery

• The target number of social houses to be delivered in each Local Authority area out to 2021 was reviewed and each Local Authority confirmed that good progress is being made on both early delivery and the development of pipelines of projects to meet their targets in the coming years. It was confirmed that the targets set were minimum targets and where any local authority could accelerate and build more homes, these would be supported.

• In terms of achieving greater accountability and driving delivery, details of progress made by each Local Authority against their delivery targets will be published shortly. In addition, Local Authorities have been asked to update their own websites with their targets and to provide a link to the progress reports which will be published by my Department.

• Overall, delivery against the national target of supporting 25,500 additional households through the range of social housing programmes in 2018 is on track. Local Authorities were reminded of the critical focus on new-build output and the need to ensure that all projects are kept on-time and that slippage is addressed and mitigated. Local Authorities were encouraged to actively consider any additionality that might be available in their functional areas, including AHB projects, and to engage early with my Department in that regard. Local Authorities were also reminded of the need to be innovative in their approach to achieving both short and long term targets and to harness maximum capacity across delivery streams, including phasing of projects as necessary.

• Funding is in place to support the delivery over 1,000 fast-track apartments and plans for these are currently being advanced across a number Dublin sites and other city and town locations across the country .

• The importance of aligning social housing delivery with housing need means that there will need to be an increased provision of one and two-bedroom homes in many locations. My Department will continue work with local authorities and AHBs to ensure that these types of dwellings are planned for and delivered at the scale required.

• The need to ensure delivery of housing for older people and the need to support downsizing where individuals wish to do so will be further explored and my Department will publish a policy statement on this shortly.

• In terms of tackling vacancy and also accelerating the delivery of social housing homes, the Department is working with the Housing Agency in relation to boosting this year’s targeted acquisition and delivery of homes which are in the possession of banks and other financial institutions, including private equity funds, to 1,000 units.

• The Department’s Housing Delivery Office continues to engage directly with Local Authorities to support and accelerate both social housing and affordable housing delivery, including a focus on timely delivery of projects in existing pipelines and exploring additional vehicles for delivery.

Tackling Homelessness

• The reports and recommendations of the Inter-Agency Group and the Dublin Region Homeless Executive were discussed. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive report highlighted family circumstances, including family breakdown and overcrowding, as one of the major drivers of homelessness in the Dublin Region. It agreed that additional resources will be allocated to this area by the local authorities, with supports also provided by the other relevant State Agencies. The aim is to provide additional supports to families in such circumstances, to avoid situations where individuals and families have to present to emergency accommodation. Where appropriate, the household will be linked with the Placefinder service and be supported to identify a HAP tenancy.

• It was agreed that local authorities will appoint additional outreach officers to accelerate and deepen cooperation with local statutory agencies and NGOs, with co-operation essential to deliver swift and effective responses to at-risk tenancies, overcrowding, addiction, mental health, and family break-up issues, using local knowledge to help provide solutions.

• In this context, several key amendments proposed in a new Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2018 will strengthen and reinforce the rent predictability measures and reforms already introduced under the Rental Strategy to protect and give more certainty to both tenants and landlords and thus should help to prevent homelessness in certain cases. The Bill will, inter alia, extend the notice periods for tenancy terminations, allow the RTB to initiate an investigation without the need for a






complaint to be made and also investigate and prosecute landlords who seek rent increases that contravene the law around rent limits (4% per annum) in Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) – all of these measures should provide further protections and recourse to tenants who may be at risk of requiring emergency accommodation.

Rough Sleepers and Housing First

• While the last rough sleeping count showed a welcome significant reduction, tackling rough sleeping remains a key priority. An additional 70 emergency beds will be in place in September and further bed spaces will be identified for the winter. It remains the Government position that anybody who wants a bed or shelter should have it.

• However, we must recognise that emergency beds are for short-term use only and a national Implementation Plan for Housing First will be published later this month, to greatly expand the programme. The Plan will set ambitious targets to create tenancies for rough sleepers and long-term users of emergency accommodation. Based on research commissioned by my Department and the DRHE, the Implementation Plan will set targets for each local authority for the creation of Housing First tenancies. The implementation of the Plan will be overseen by the National Director, with the delivery of the targets coordinated by the regional structures in place for the delivery of homeless services. The Housing First Programme will be a partnership between my own Department, the Department of Health, Local Authorities and the Health Services Executive.

HAP

• My Department is continuing to work closely with local authorities to address issues relating to the acceptance of HAP by households experiencing homelessness.

• Enhanced placefinder services will be put in place and additional placefinder staff provided where required. My Department will work with and support Local Authorities to maximise the impact of the placefinder service at a local level, particularly through increased engagement with families that are self-accommodating, to ensure that their period in emergency accommodation is minimised.

• The Department will explore opportunities with Local Authorities and AHBs for the establishment of a supply of “floating” rental stock.

• A review of the impact of current Schemes of Letting Priorities in place will be carried out by my Department, in conjunction with the County and City Management Association, to consider concerns held by households in relation to the acceptance of HAP and to ensure households can have confidence in the capacity of the allocations schemes to provide for access to local authority tenancies, where this is the preferred choice of a household. This will include an examination of the transfer arrangements in place and the potential for increased ‘choice-based letting’. A new national Housing Assistance Payment Scheme promotion campaign, outlining the benefits of the scheme for both landlords and tenants, will be launched.

Enhanced Reporting & Research

• To get a greater understanding of trends and so as to interrogate to a greater extent the causes and types of homelessness arising, increased resources will be provided for research. A strengthened Research Team in the Dublin Region Homeless Executive will have responsibility for developing homelessness research nationally.

Temporary Homes Pilot

• Two pilot temporary family hubs will be rolled out in Louth and Galway, in conjunction with the Peter McVerry Trust. This will involve the provision of temporary prefabricated individual units in clusters which will be operated as a homeless hub. These high quality units will have the required supports in place so that families and individuals can exit to more permanent accommodation.

Affordability, Land Use and Mixed Tenure Development

We are making excellent progress on the delivery of social housing and we now have a strong and growing new-build programme across the local authority land bank of 1,700 hectares. Recognising that in certain areas, many households who do not qualify for social housing supports are also stretched in terms of buying a home or renting, our discussions today also focused on the need to ensure that there is a supply of affordable homes from the public land bank in key target areas. This will also help to ensure that we have the right tenure mix to build thriving sustainable communities.

• I commenced the relevant provisions of the 2009 Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act last month to bring affordable housing back on a statutory footing. Homes will be delivered from appropriate State/housing authority land. I am also providing targeted funding of €75m under the new Serviced Sites Fund for enabling infrastructure to help reduce the servicing costs of providing affordable homes to buy or rent on local authority lands. The call for bids for that fund has now issued.






• We have a number of innovative cost rental pilots being progressed and the plan is to develop a substantial cost rental sector in our major cities to make a sustainable impact on housing affordability and improve the quality of life for households, by facilitating people to live closer to where they work in vibrant, mixed-tenure communities.

• There is agreement with local authorities that their land bank can and should be developed to deliver more than just social housing alone. Larger sites, particularly those capable of delivering 100+ new homes, often require a different, mixed-tenure approach, and initiatives like affordable purchase and cost rental provide the opportunity and tools to deliver affordable homes from these sites.

• After the last summit in January, initial estimates by local authorities, in key target locations, identified the potential for delivery of around 4,000 affordable homes from local authority sites. Working with local authorities, my Department’s Housing Delivery Office has identified lands capable of delivering over 10,000 homes (subject to planning etc.) of which a significant number will be affordable in those key target areas where the affordability pressures are most acute (including Dublin; GDA; Cork and Galway cities) and additional lands that potentially have capacity to deliver further significant new housing, once enabling infrastructure and viability issues are resolved.

• I have asked all Chief Executives to explore actively such opportunities from their own land bank (and other strategically-located public lands in their area) and consider how these sites can be brought forward for mixed-tenure development “at scale” without delay, using tools and templates developed by my Department to ensure a streamlined and consistent approach.

Implementation of National Planning Framework and Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies

Taking account of this week’s call for proposals to local authorities and other public bodies for the new Urban Regeneration and Development Fund to support compact growth and sustainable development of Ireland’s five cities, regional drivers and other large urban centres, I also highlighted in today’s discussions the importance for all local authorities to engage actively with the relevant Regional Assembly teams to translate national objectives in the NPF into ambitious visions and actions for planned and coordinated growth of each region and county area. Together with the complementary Rural Regeneration and Development Fund being overseen by Minister Ring’s Department, the new Urban Fund can act as a catalyst to transform and revitalise our urban spaces, and all local authorities need to identify suitable proposals to be able to access this €2bn fund over the next 10 years.

Building on today’s discussions, a more detailed information session on the Fund will be held in Portlaoise next Monday (9July) to elaborate on the types of projects expected to apply for this competitive Fund, and my Department team are available to provide further general advice between now and when the initial call closes at the end of September.

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Approved Housing Body Summit September 2018

Note of Summit Discussions

- Theme was collaboration - between AHBs and LAs as well as collaboration with the market and

the development sector. Collaboration between AHBs was also highlighted, and the capacity of

joint-working to produce greater opportunities in the market.

- Wide ranging discussion around the various supports that are required to facilitate AHBs to

achieve the ambitious targets set for them in RI. These include – land, financing, and expertise.

- In relation to Land, the new Land Development Agency the potential for AHBs to be part of the

wider plans for land use was discussed, and it was agreed and welcomed that AHBs could meet

directly with senior management in the Agency to discuss how to move forward.

- AHBs expressed a strong desire and motivation to work on delivering affordable/ below market

rental opportunities. The Department confirmed that Government has taken the decision that

the use of state land, and related site infrastructural supports including funding to LAs to

prepare sites for development, are the only direct subsidies available in relation to achieving

submarket rental and purchase opportunities.

Actions to bring forward

- More high-level/ national strategic collaboration between CCMA and AHB representatives in

order to plan and develop best practice on a national basis. As it stands, we don’t have a

view of how the shortfall against targets will be made-up; don’t have a view of the local

plans at the level of the individual 31 local authorities.

- Need to utilise tool that are already available and show evidence of being effective, e.g.

Communication Protocol, as well as the Expression of Interests Register that is operated in

the Cork local authorities.

- AHB Forum, convened and chaired by the Housing Agency should be further developed and

have more robust role, with an appropriate ToR and subcommittee structure.

- Collateral warranties and PI insurance requirements from the HFA – the suggestion that the

requirements are too onerous and may be causing impediments or delays for a range

of different projects should explored either through the AHB Forum or among AHBs.

CREMINS

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PAC32-R-1685(v) B Meeting 08/11/2018

Agenda: AHB Summit

Custom House, Dublin

Monday, September 17th 2018

09.30-10.00 Registration, Tea and Coffee served in the Withdrawing Room

10.00-10.15 Summit Opening Remarks-

Welcome by Secretary General John McCarthy

Minister Murphy and Minister English

CCMA Representative, Kathleen Holohan, Carlow County Council

Irish Council for Social Housing- Donal McManus

10.15-12.30 Session 1- Social Housing Delivery- Collaborating for Success

This session will cover both strategic and operational topics across a wide range of social housing delivery focussed

items. There will be short context setting presentations from stakeholders including the DHPLG Social Housing

Division, AHB representatives, Housing Delivery Office, Housing Agency and Local Authority sector. The session

will include two open floor discussion segments, affording lengthy opportunity for roundtable discussion.

12.30-1.15 Lunch and Networking- served in the Withdrawing Room, adjacent to conference room

(Any special dietary requirements should be notified to us in advance)

1.15-2.00 Session 2- Homelessness- The role of the AHB

This session will focus on the role of the AHB, and whether AHBs can play a greater role in the delivery of solutions

for those experiencing homelessness. There will be opportunity for roundtable discussion and exchange of views and

suggestions from stakeholders.

2.00-2.45 Session 3-Affordable Housing: The AHB Opportunity

This session will focus on Affordable Purchase; Cost Rental; and the Serviced Site Fund. Discussion on Government

objectives, relevant tools for delivery and how AHBs can contribute and participate.

2.45-3.15 Final observations on the Summit proceedings & Conference Close

Minister Murphy

Secretary General

Kieron Brennan- Co-Operative Housing Ireland

Attendees are kindly asked to note the following:

For Security purposes only invited and confirmed attendees can be permitted to attend the event

Parking is very limited and not available unless specifically requested.

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