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Paul Benson
Ó An Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitúil agus Oidhreachta
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Paul Benson has responsibility at Acting Assistant Secretary level for the Social Housing Delivery Division with responsibility for leading and overseeing the delivery of commitments in the Programme for Government and under Housing for All in respect of social housing delivery and advancing related objectives under the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040.
This includes the delivery of 90,000 new build social homes by Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies by 2030 and further delivery of new social homes through acquisition and leasing programmes. The division is supported in this work by the Housing Agency, the Housing Delivery Co-Ordination Office (HDCO), the NDFA and the Departments own Housing Advisory Unit’s Architectural and Quantity Surveyor teams.
The management of major housing regeneration programmes and leading the local authority sector on the transition from a largely response to a strategic and informed planned maintenance approach to housing stock maintenance through the strategic use of existing funding programmes such as the Energy Retrofit and Voids funding programmes.
The management of the Mortgage to Rent Scheme which strives to keep families who are in long term mortgage arrears in their homes and supporting a programme of refurbishments of buildings for persons from Ukraine who are beneficiaries of temporary protection.
The division is also responsible for the management and oversight of the €2.7bn social housing budget and reporting of housing delivery and outputs, including the further development of reporting and data systems as well as the broader Housing Finance function which supports all four Housing Divisions.