County Carlow gets allocation of €436 million for social housing nationally
Carlow is a part of number of counties that will receive 231 new social homes
Carlow apart of €436 million nationally for social housing. €111 million has been allocated for 1,300 new-build home and €325 million for social housing second-hand acquisitions programme including tenant situ purchases targeted at those most in need.
The approvals issued in recent weeks provide funding in 2025 to progress 82 projects which will deliver 1,325 homes over the period 2025 – 2027, 575 of which will be delivered this year. The approvals are in respect of the following locations:
-542 homes in Dublin
-234 homes in Cork City and County
-60 homes in Westmeath
-58 homes in Meath
-59 homes in Limerick
-56 homes in Kerry
-55 homes in Wicklow
-30 homes in Kilkenny
-231 homes cumulatively across Mayo, Clare, Donegal, Galway City and County, Roscommon, Cavan, Longford, Tipperary, Roscommon, Carlow, Waterford, Kildare and Laois.
Speaking, following the funding for new social homes, Minister Browne said:
“The government’s commitment to the new-build social housing programme as increasing overall housing supply is key to addressing the housing challenge and in particular preventing and ultimately eliminating long term homelessness. That is why Government has set ambitious targets for new-build social housing in the Programme for Government of an average 12,000 homes per annum out to 2030. To meet this ambition, we need to scale up supply, and these approvals represent a further expansion of the new-build social housing pipeline.”