1. Ending Homelessness - Overcoming the Barriers
AnnMarie Farrelly
Director of Services
Planning & Strategic Infrastructure
Fingal County Council

2. VIDEO
Communications Unit

3. Communications Unit

4. Fingal Development Plan 2017-2023
1,737 ha of zoned residential land Capacity for 50,000 homes Planning permission in place in 2016 for 20,000 homes

5. Land Activation
PSI Department

6. Land Activation Donabate
PSI Department

7. Donabate Distributor Road

9. Donabate

10. Fingal Housing Completions in last 10 years

11. Social Housing Delivery 2018
1,637 homes

12. 2018 Overview
23.3% increase in number of sites with planning permission from 103 to 127
12.3% increase in the number of units with planning permission from 15,778 to 17,733

13. 2018 Overview 33.3% increase in active sites from 54 to 72 sites;
13.4% increase in number of units under construction from 1,994 to 2,262 units

14. 2018 Overview
71.3% increase in number of units completed and occupied in 12 months to end Q compared to Q2 2017
1,758 (2018) v 1,026 (2017)

15. More to do………. 7,271 households with a Housing Need
97 families in Hotels or B&Bs

16. More to do………. Average FTB new property price in Dublin is €386,484
15% above the State average
Average FTB price in Fingal is €335,337
Close to the State average of €334,954

17. More to do……….
Average price in Fingal is 8.7 times the average earnings in the economy (€38,594 in Q1 2018)
4.3 times for a couple, each on average earnings

18. More to do……….
FTB working couple buying in Fingal would face nett mortgage repayments between 30% and 32.5% of their disposable income depending on their tax band (25 year mortgage, LTV of 90% and 3.5% MR)
Single person would have to allocate 59.5% of their disposable income to purchase the average house in Fingal

19. Project Talamh Over 200 acres of Council land identified
Over 200 acres of Council land identified
Located in Donabate, Dublin 15 and Dublin City Fringe
Public and private housing will be delivered
Housing will be affordable to buy or rent
Programme Office called Project Talamh established
Approach to public land value is key to affordability

20. Thank you