Fingal County Council continues to deliver pipeline of newly constructed social houses

A strong delivery pipeline of social housing is also in place in collaboration with Approved Housing Bodies on sites across the county including developments at Mulhuddart, Corduff, Dublin 11, Santry, and Lusk.   Construction is advanced on council-owned land in Mulhuddart where Cluid are building 65 new homes, including 22 which are adapted to meet special needs for disability and older persons on the housing list.

Director of Housing Margaret Geraghty said: “We are committed to delivering a strong pipeline of housing between now and 2022 on lands in our ownership and working with our partner Approved Housing Bodies and the Land Development Agency. 

“We are also working with private developers where building is taking place at over 80 sites across the County to agree the provision of social housing in private developments in accordance with the Planning Acts.  These combined approaches ensure that Fingal will continue to deliver new social housing to meet the needs of people on our housing waiting list.” 

 In tandem with the social housing output, the Council is advancing projects that will deliver new affordable homes over the next number of years.  The Council has recently sought Expressions of Interest for the developed design, construction, delivery and sale of affordable dwellings on Council owned land at Dun Emer, Lusk.

Fingal County Council is gearing up for a busy second half of 2019 as its social housing construction programme remains on target.

Due to strong growth between 2015-2018, Fingal exceeded its targets under the Rebuilding Ireland Programme and provided 4,000 social housing solutions. 

Fingal continues to have an ambitious social housing construction programme with building activity currently taking place on six sites across Fingal. 

Keys are expected to be handed over shortly to 84 families following the completion of construction projects at Mulhuddart, Rolestown, Rivermeade and Balbriggan.

Regarding future delivery, construction is underway or about to commence on a number of other sites throughout Fingal.  This is in addition to 200 new homes already completed and occupied on 10 housing projects across the County. 

Fingal County Council is now implementing a three-year strategy, running from 2019-21, that will continue to deliver a pipeline of social housing and see construction start on the delivery of affordable housing.