Other local authority housing scheme statistics

Data is available on a quarterly or annual basis depending on the specific statistic.

This scheme enables local authorities to extend rented local authority houses to cater for households who would otherwise have to be placed on a social housing list.

Under this scheme, the local authority may improve or extend a privately owned house where it is necessary to reduce overcrowding or to accommodate a household member who is not able to live in the house currently.

Under this scheme, a local authority may make housing sites available at low cost. Households who have been approved for social housing or local authority tenants can access this scheme. Tenant purchasers or certain tenants of approved housing bodies can also apply.

Further information on Tenant Purchase Schemes is available.

A Housing Adaptation Grant is available where changes need to be made to a home to make it suitable for a person with a physical, sensory or intellectual disability or mental health difficulty to live in. There are three types of grant available; Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, Mobility Aids Grant, and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant. They have been in operation since 2008.

In 2020 the majority of Local Authorities were unable to achieve full drawdown of their allocations due to the impact of COVID-19, with Government restrictions curtailing the activities of technical staff, Occupational Therapist resources and the availability of construction resources. This was closely monitored by the Department and underspends were redistributed to local authorities with capacity to process additional applications, resulting in 8,137 grants paid in 2020.

These new schemes above replaced Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants on 1 November 2007.

Further information on Traveller Accommodation Schemes is available.

Under this scheme, exchequer funding has been provided since 2014 to support local authorities in preparing vacant local authority owned properties for re-letting.

This document provides a breakdown of the funding received by each local authority and the number of properties that were remediated.