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Housing Authorities Leased 273 Social Homes In Kildare In 2020.

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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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